Pelé, a Pope, and Barbara Walters: Last-Minute Deaths of 2022
Brazilian football legend Pele at China’s Imperial Palace in 2008 (WENN) 2022 was a typically busy year in famous deaths. We tracked the passings of 32 famous people, from world …..
Posts tagged: Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev RIP: The Soviet Leader Who Tried for ‘Revolution from Above’
Mikhail Gorbachev died at 91 on Aug. 30, 2022. A historian of the Soviet era assesses his impact and the consequences of his failed attempts to reform state socialism.
Movies and Biographies of Russia’s Communist Leaders
This YouTube video is a collection of movie clips of all the communist leaders of Russia, from V.I. Lenin to Mikhail Gorbachev:
Phony Presidential Trivia
Here’s a swell new Onion interview with writer John Hodgman.He’s the dowdy “PC” on Apple TV ads, and a regular on Jon Stewart’s show. He’s also the author of the fake-trivia books The Areas of My Expertise and More Information Than You Require.