R. R. Reno writes in First Things of how the moral values instilled in Baby Boomers in the 70s spawned so many current societal problems. Their quest for an open and inclusive society led to the destruction of social norms that once disciplined us, and dysfunction followed.

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.


