Sparks Commentary

The Spanish-American War started out as one of the most popular wars in  American history . It was only long after the fact that it started ...

“I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church. I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins and I look forward to the resurre...

The trans-Atlantic slave trade had massive effects on  Latin America , and not just the future United States . Because of this, there are s...

If the Cold War were a chess game, Latin Americans were often the pawns … Long before the  Cold War  began, American president James Mo...

The United States actually considered intervening in an African country called “Angola” … During the  Cold War , the United States actu...

If there's ever been a peaceful period in Muslim history, the Cold War was not that period … If there's ever been a peaceful per...

"That all Acts of the United States in Cuba during its military occupancy thereof are ratified and validated, and all lawful rights ...

Americans have rightly been interested in their own country's history for a long time - both for the moving stories it contains, and ...

A disturbing and intensely fascinating human drama ... It caused the fall of empires, and the rise of a new one in their place. It chang...

Tiananmen Square , China 1989 "China isn't all that bad," some say ... The critics of communism have long pointed o...

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

I just finished watching "Crucible of Empire: The Spanish-American War," PBS's two-hour documentary about this time. I wa...

Karl Marx, the chief founder of communism Does communism cause poverty? And how can this be tested? Karl Marx What counts as...