‘The Brink of War’ is a new historical drama based on the true story of the 1986 Reykjavik Summit, where President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev met to discuss reducing their nations’ nuclear arsenals amid the threat of global annihilation during the Cold War. Emmy Award-winning actor Jeff Daniels stars as Reagan in the film, and he joins Morning Joe to discuss the challenge of channeling the ‘courage of Reagan’ during this ‘dangerous time.’
By Greg Maresca You don’t have to be a history buff, or a Cold War or Reagan-era enthusiast, to enjoy The Brink of War, which opens nationally on Friday, August 14.
What was the Cold War? Forty-five years on the brink of nuclear war — and many Americans can barely explain it. So PragerU’s Franklin Camargo hits Hollywood Boulevard to find out how much Americans actually know about the war that could have ended the world. Who were we up against? Why was it called “cold”? And did America even win? A few people know their history. Most don’t come close. Their answers might just surprise you. Watch the film The Brink of War from Angel Studios in theaters Friday 8/14. https://l.prageru.com/4qcywb1
Remembering Vito Marcantonio, before the DSA panic sets in. The post You Want a Real Commie? appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics You Want a Real Commie? Remembering Vito Marcantonio, before the DSA panic sets in. Fox World is all a-twitter because a handful of members or fellow travelers of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are about to be elected to the U.S. Congress and various state legislatures. They’re “godless communists,” according to President Trump, and what with inflation, an insane war, and Trump family grift, we’ll be hearing about commies all election season. Michael “The Other America” Harrington, founder of DSA, was about as threatening as the Mills Brothers. The current DSA candidates seem, at first glance, as…Open
Instead of scrapping its network of bomb shelters after the Cold War, Switzerland kept building them. The country has more than 370,000 nuclear bomb shelters. Some are now used to house migrants.
In the latest example, the Energy Department will convert a shuttered Cold War-era uranium enrichment facility into a data center campus and gas plants.
In Latin America, the White House abandons its own strategic doctrine for democracy promotion. The post Marco Rubio’s “Democratic Hemisphere” vs. the National Security Strategy appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Marco Rubio’s “Democratic Hemisphere” vs. the National Security Strategy In Latin America, the White House abandons its own strategic doctrine for democracy promotion. Photo by YAMIL LAGE/AFP via Getty Images Earlier this month, Daniel Ortega, the dictator of Nicaragua, announced that his country would no longer hold elections. In response, Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a statement condemning Ortega and declaring that Nicaragua “cannot expect to maintain business as usual with other nations when it is thwarting the basic tenets of our democratic hemisphere.” There is no doubt that…Open
Ambassador R. James “Jim” Woolsey, who died on July 21, 2026, at the age of...
Ambassador R. James “Jim” Woolsey, who died on July 21, 2026, at the age of 84, embodied a vanishing ideal in American public life: the serious, non-partisan public servant who treated national security as a duty rather than a career ladder. Across four decades and administrations of both parties, he brought rigorous intellect, moral seriousness, and quiet courage to some of the hardest problems the United States has faced. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1941, Woolsey was a Rhodes Scholar who moved early into the national-security arena. He served as an advisor on the U.S. delegation to the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, General Counsel to the Senate Armed Services Committee, Under Secretary of the Navy under President Carter, and…Open
