Are the Tea Partiers good or bad for the GOP? Oct 30, 2009
" But Beck is more than a harmless -- if deranged -- entertainer. His ability to push the GOP from rhetoric to action means he can inject toxic ideas and fears directly into the body politic. It was Beck who raised the most alarm over Obama's czars and his allegedly totalitarian instincts, after all. Here's a guide to some of Beck's greatest hits, and how they wormed their way into the real world. Overthrowing the czars Beck's central theme is that our country is being taken away from us by... (Salon)
Russia's executioners live on in the streets Jul 30, 2009
It is the business of all of society to see to it that the names of our streets and cities reflect the history of Russia and do not glorify its executioners. Vladimir Kara-Muza is a journalist and historian and a member of the Solidarity opposition movement. (Asia Times Online)
Comparing the French and American R... Jul 13, 2009
Catherine the Great of Russia experienced the greatest peasant uprising in the history of Russia with the bloody. Elsewhere in Europe the desire for change was evident. (Suite101.com)
Ivan the Terrible and Peter the Gre... Jun 20, 2009
David MacKenzie and Michael W. Curran, A History of Russia, the Soviet Union, and Beyond 4th Ed. (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1993). The copyright of the article Ivan the Terrible and Peter the Great Compared in is owned by. (Suite101.com)
Crimea Scene Investigation Feb 24, 2009
The shared history of Russia and Ukraine is a double-edged sword. Over and over, people in Ukraineboth pro-Russian and pro-Westerntold me that Ukraine and Russia would never fight because of their close historical and cultural ties. (Slate)
Emancipation of the Serfs by Alexan... Feb 11, 2009
David MacKenzie and Michael W. Curran, A History of Russia, the Soviet Union, and Beyond (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1993 ... Nicholas V. Riasanovsky, A History of Russia 2nd Ed. (Oxford University Press, 1969). (Suite101.com)
