The best of the West

We should be thankful we live in a democratic country where the free press can speak truth to power and ask tough questions, like why the government doesn't want nuclear war as much as I do

Americans getting lower quality education for a year is just as bad as the war on Iraq. Maybe even worse

Very interesting story, Marta. No need to look into why those grandparents were fighting Russia during WW2 or what armies they might have been part of, it's probably not relevant.

Thank you to the skilled journalists at the NYT for uncovering this nefarious communist plot by China: winning gold medals in the Olympics

Getting shot in the US is actually not that bad because you can get a blood transfusion, which they don’t have in Cuba

Here’s a nuanced, complex view of the situation that you might not hear so often

If you ignore all the times the US revealed how it doesn’t embody those ideals at all, it’s clear that the US led because of its ideals