The U.S., writes Victor Davis Hanson in The Blade of Perseus, is in a counter-revolution whose fate will likely be decided by the 2026 midterm elections and state of the American economy. The flagbearer and instigator-in-chief is, of course, President Donald Trump, whose sweeping and fearless approach to illegal immigration, international trade, the Middle East, DEI/wokism, climate/energy, the federal bureaucracy and other areas aims to overcome 70 years of leftist revolution and Republican Party acquiescence.
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.