Cold War Redux

It is pathetic that a number of people around the globe seem to be eager to start a new Cold War. It is almost like a staring contest between former high school linebackers who are now fat and out of shape and stand to hurt themselves more than each other. In one of the most dangerous statements so far, the Russian Army's deputy chief of staff, General Anatoly Nogovitsyn, has warned that Poland's cooperation with the U.S. has opened it up to a strike, possibly even a nuclear strike, according to the Times.

For those who think that bad things could never happen in this "new world order," the New York Times' Paul Krugman gives them pause with an op-ed about globalism's failure a century ago. While the next great power war may not be right around the corner, it looks like "The End of History" ain't here yet.