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Correctly Assessing President Ronald Reagan

Posted by By Frank Li October 31, 2024Posted inopinionNo Comments

Ronald Reagan was a good President, but not a great one. The right has overrated him. With another critical Presidential election imminent, let me correctly assess his 8-year Presidency in terms of the good, the bad, and the ugly.

How did the Cold War end, actually?

Posted by By Frank Li June 17, 2023Posted inopinionNo Comments

The Cold War ended in 1991, with the disintegration of the USSR. But how was it ended, actually?

It was the events in China in 1989 that actually delivered the knock-out punch to end the Cold War in 1991, although the U.S. had indeed almost bankrupted the USSR’s economy throughout the Cold War.