In 1949, the Soviet-controlled part of Germany became the Deutsche Demokratische Republik, or German Democratic Republic, ...

The greeting that provides for the closed fist raised originates in Worker and trade union movement of the first decades ...

In Trump's second term, the president seems to be embracing the concept of Führerprinzip to consolidate his power.

We see that phenomenon today regarding President Donald Trump’s response to the legitimate challenge of illegal immigration ...

July 8, 2025: One thing that prevents a Chinese attempt to take Taiwan by forces is corruption. In China and Taiwan corruption is pervasive and crippling. This is regularly demonstrated every time ...

Tenzin Gyatso, whom Tibetans believe to be the 14th reincarnation of their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, celebrates his ...

Like the Trump-supporting Jan. 6 Capitol rioters, the perpetrators of the Kapp Putsch escaped punishment and accountability.

In completing a circular, 17-day tour of Germany recently, it was impossible not to observe the meticulous beauty of the ...

I’m enjoying a documentary about the Cold War, which, not surprisingly, includes a segment regarding the late Sen. Joseph McCarthy. McCarthy is infamously known as the primary prosecutor of the […] ...

As head of the Gestapo in Lyon, Klaus Barbie was notorious for his cruelty. After World War II, he escaped to Bolivia, aided ...

The Catholic operatives were pitted against Nazi and Communist experts who infiltrated the Vatican and undercut its interests everywhere possible. Uniquely among world religions, Catholicism’s popes ...

By 1919, communist uprisings had erupted in Hungary (the short-lived Hungarian Soviet Republic), Germany (the Spartacist uprising), and beyond, each threatening to topple fragile governments and ...