Sparks Commentary

The Cold War affected both sides of the  twentieth century’s  greatest conflict, in every region of the world. These included largely neutra...

“The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people’s money.” – Margaret Thatcher Margaret Thatcher was the first wo...

These quotations show Joe Biden saying some very awkward things about race. You might respond that none of them are bad enough to convict Jo...

“A year ago, my approval rating was in the 30s, my nominee for the Supreme Court had just withdrawn, and my vice president had shot so...

During the Reagan administration, we were allied with both Iraq and Afghanistan … In the  Ronald Reagan  era, America had two allies th...

“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 ...

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...

One of the basic facts about China today is that most of it is communist - the part that most of us hear about. Thus, it surprises some p...

"For the first time in the history of our country a majority of our people believe that the next five years will be worse than the l...

"I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky." - Bill Clinton, in a statement for the press  (26 January 1...

"My opponent won't rule out raising taxes. But I will. And the Congress will push me to raise taxes and I'll say no. And they...

"One of my favorite quotations about age comes from Thomas Jefferson. He said that we should never judge a president by his age, only...

To every thinking person, It must seem a little strange That so many could be fooled By words like "hope" and "change....

Our healthcare is about to cost a lot more, thanks to the new taxes in Mr. Obama’s bill. (The bill was passed a while back, but it doesn’t...