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"I came from where we are heading, I grew up in a Communist country. Unfortunately I see a lot of parallels between the then and there, and the here and now. I look at this national emergency as a manufactured crisis that provides the government with everything to do whatever they please. There are many rumors, and they may just be rumors about something brewing in DC. This administration has worked very hard to begin a takeover of the government, and I don’t see them stopping. If they make the decision to go that route, no law, not even the...

The CIA in the late 1950's, from the Hungarian Revolution to the Bay of Pigs betrayal. Showing the courageous, thankless efforts of the CIA against the Soviet Menace.

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Kolesnikov) - Public unrest recently swept through Hungary. Triggering it were revelations by Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany, which revealed that the Cabinet had been lying to the nation about the economic situation. As often happens with public action, Hungarians chanted diverse, and often mutually exclusive, mottoes. The activists were also a motley crew, including hoodlums. The figure "1956" loomed behind the drama. Hungary possesses a dynamic civil society, which exploded with indignation at the revelation that the government was telling it fairly tales-an instance of politics shrugging off morals. The public thirst for the...

Poland's ties to Hungary's 1956 revolution 20.10.2006 - Michal Kubicki Poland has also been marking the 50th anniversary of Hungary's revolution. Not surprising, considering the fact that it began with a rally by Hungarians showing solidarity with Poland, which in 1956 was the scene of a workers' revolt and of violent demonstrations in support of democratic changes. Michal Kubicki reports from Warsaw: The Polish events in commemoration of the Hungarian Revolution have included academic conferences, concerts, and exhibitions. Commemorative plaques have been unveiled in several towns. 'A Hope for Freedom' is the title of a photo exhibition which opened in...

I was going to write this column about George Soros, but sometimes events overtake intentions. Beyond the three men, the subject is understanding America. Reagan understood his nation. Soros does not understand his adopted nation. But deHollan, another Hungarian who came to America nearly a half century ago, does understand this land. America has a talent, rare among the nations of the world, for finding greatness in her leaders at the most urgent of times. More than that, she has the talent of finding greatness in the hearts of ordinary men. Thomas Jefferson was a man of greatness all his...