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08.12.2008 11:42 am

Russia’s victory in Georgia all but complete

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A Georgian surveys the damage after a Russian airstrikeHowever it may dismay Americans to watch Russian tanks rolling over a tiny, democratic U.S. ally, you have to hand it to Putin — the invasion of Georgia was nothing short of brilliant.

The groundwork for this invasion was meticulously…

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07.24.2008 4:32 pm

Early reaction to Obama’s Berlin speech

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Obama berlin speechThe full text of the speech - “A World That Stands As One” - can be found here. Video is here.

Personally, I think Obama has done better, both rhetorically and delivery-wise — this wasn’t his best effort. But it’s…

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07.23.2008 2:55 pm

Battle of the Berlins

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Barack Obama will be speaking in Berlin, Germany tomorrow, in an outdoor address open to the German public. Obama is extremely popular in Europe — a recent Pew Research poll showed him leading McCain by a whopping 50 percent in countries like France…

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07.03.2008 9:00 pm

More on the Berlin Airlift

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Video via YouTube by C54driver

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video via YouTube by UniversalNewsReels

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video via YouTube by der Amalgam

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Photos courtesy of Truman Presidential Library, Berlin Airlift Historical Society

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