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  • Go East!

    02/27/2004 12:02:34 PM PST · by RWR8189 · 4 replies · 292+ views
    The Weekly Standard ^ | February27, 2004 | Victorino Matus
    The German Democratic Republic is alive and well, and better than it ever really was, in "Good bye, Lenin!" THESE DAYS IT IS HARD TO TELL that Berlin was a divided city. There's hardly a trace of the Wall left, save for a block strip. On Potsdamer Platz, once known as a no-man's-land with concrete barriers and barbed wire, there's a Starbucks, McDonald's, and an Eddie Bauer. In the heart of the platz is the Sony multiplex theater. On my trip to Berlin last December, "Finding Nemo" had just premiered there, complete with a red carpet and an after-party featuring...