Sparks Commentary

“ The government of the territories now in the possession or under the government of the [British] East India Company , and all powers in re...

When the  first atomic bombs went off in 1945 , people witnessed the awesome power of the atom . It was so small that even microscopes fail...

The name of Albert Einstein has become synonymous with genius. More than any other person, he is seen as the quintessential smart guy, and n...

It seems incredible that the Nazis ever came to power. Today, they are among the most unpopular of all movements, portrayed as bad guys in m...

“ ♪ How many roads must a man walk down, Before they can call him a man? How many seas must a white dove sail, Before she sleeps in the...

“After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the import...

“ Poyekhali !” (“Let's go!”) – Yuri Gagarin , the first man in space, at the moment of the Vostok 1 rocket launch that first sent h...

“Is this a game, or is it real?” – Quote from “WarGames” (1983) , a fictional movie about a close call with nuclear war, which came out ...

"While the Wall is the most obvious and vivid demonstration of the failures of the Communist system - for all the world to see - we...

“We the undersigned, acting by authority of the German High Command, hereby surrender unconditionally to the Supreme Commander, Allied E...

“I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture … ‘ And I am become death, the destroyer of worlds. ’ I suppose we all thought that, one w...

This might seem a strange way to begin a blog post about American diplomacy in the Nixon era, but the year 1949 was significant for both t...

"Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate ... Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall !" - President Ronald Reagan, standing at the Brandenbur...

So I recently finished watching "Korea: The Forgotten War," which is a five-hour series from Timeless Media Group . (Not to be c...

"From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an IRON CURTAIN  has descended across the continent. Behind that line lie all...

"In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely...

"The Communists disdain to conceal their views and aims. They openly declare that their ends can be attained only by the forcible ove...

We've all heard stories about how bad things were during the Great Depression , with extensive poverty and massive unemployment - perh...

"It shall be the policy of this nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba against any nation in the Western Hemisphere ...

"This morning the British Ambassador in Berlin Nevile Henderson handed the German Government a final note stating that unless we hear...