Commentary The old saying “to know all is to forgive all” means if taken literally, that all the evils of the world would be forgivable if we took the trouble to discover the real reasons for them. Those who actually believe this reveal themselves as optimists, generous in spirit, willing to look for the best…

We sat down with Zygmunt Stachowski, a former Polish Solidarity leader, and discussed his first-hand experience of joining Solidarity, fighting against the communists in Poland, as well as what we can learn about their struggles for the challenges that we are currently facing in the West.   Stay tuned for our newsletter so you won’t miss…

Commentary A Jewish Ukrainian family had four brothers. Three brothers were murdered by the Nazis. Only one survived. His grandson is the current president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky. The relationship between Ukraine and its Jewish community is a tragic one. From the pogroms that led to a mass exodus and migration of Jews out of…

No one wants to be No. 2, or as the Chinese saying goes: two tigers cannot live on the same mountain. In a life or death situation, can China and the United States co-exist? We focus on the United States’ Cold War example of fighting against communism and the USSR. The 30th anniversary of the fall…

For almost half a century, Europe was forcibly divided into east and west by the Iron Curtain, a border stretching from the Barents Sea to the Black Sea. For 40 years, the Iron Curtain has been the symbol of division between people—2 sides, 2 blocks. In the middle lay a frontier of wire mesh, walls,…

Commentary I’m old enough, just barely, to remember watching Paul Henderson score his winning goal against the Soviets in the final game of the 1972 Summit Series. I knew that something important had happened, but I didn’t fully understand what it was until much later. Yes, it was hockey, and our national pride was at…