Looking at the fall of the Berlin Wall
Berlin, 1989
It has been 20 years since the wall that separated East and West Germany came down ending the Cold War in Eastern Europe. Reagan was applauded for demanding that Gorbachev tear down the wall and Gorbachev went on to win the Nobel Prize and be named the Man of the Decade by TIME Magazine. Were the efforts enormous or was the implosion of the Iron Curtain inevitable? Twenty years later how much does November 9th, 1989 really matter?
- Patt Morrison for November 6, 2009
- What can be learned from the tragedy at Ft. Hood?
- Give us your deed, we’ll give you a lease
- Helen Gahagan Douglas—The Pink Lady
- Looking at the fall of the Berlin Wall
- Wait, Wait… Don’t Tell Me…brings the frivolity to KPCC
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Events
Comedy Congress Live
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
The comedic material emanating from Washington D.C., and state capitols across the country, is enough to make any sitcom writer jealous, even if most of that comedy is unintentional. Our motto on Comedy Congress is that just when politics makes you want to cry, it’s usually best to laugh.
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