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I had little to do with the fall of the Berlin Wall 35 years ago. Like the billions who grew up with the monstrous structure, I thrilled to watch it get torn down by Germans on each side of it. And I celebrated the man responsible for the glorious sight, in journalism and fiction, although he was no longer President. Ronald Reagan brought down the Soviet Union with a singular vision which dispelled a 70-year-old belief — that the Cold War was the permanent status quo. He’d articulated it a decade earlier and shaken the world. “Here’s my strategy on...

Actor Mark Hamill of "Star Wars" fame made the eyebrow-raising claim that President "Joe Biden is the best president we've ever had." The post from Hamill, who played the character Luke Skywalker in multiple "Star Wars" films, has earned nearly 7 million views so far on X. Mark Hamill @MarkHamill · Follow Joe Biden is the best president we've ever had. Joe Biden @JoeBiden Donald Trump is the worst president we've ever had. 2:58 PM · Apr 22, 2024 40.6K Reply Share "Not satire," Seth Dillon, CEO of the satire site the Babylon Bee, wrote when retweeting Hamill's post. "The...