We humans are rarely the best judge of our own affairs, which is why we have lawyers represent us in courts and seek other counsel in our personal lives. Distance brings perspective, and the same holds for nations. Writing in The Washington Post, J.J. McCullough wonders why Canada, one of the most successful nations in history, appears intent on dissolving itself.

Toppling a Communist Empire for $2.7 Million
Though widely thought of as focused on waterboarding terrorists or poisoning foreign potentates, it was by smuggling paper that the CIA achieved its most monumental triumph. R.M. Gerecht in a book review for The Washington Free Beacon charts how the late Cold War-era operation to flood Poland with Western books, magazines, printing supplies and audio recordings fatally weakened the country’s Communist dictatorship, setting the stage for the downfall of the entire Soviet empire. Total cost: US$2.7 million.


