Ross Douthat writes about a new HBO show that I have come to enjoy, even though I have not read the books that the show is based on, called Game of Thrones.

Charlie Gasparino writes about how a number of Obama supporters on Wall Street have finally realized that the President is not on their side.

America's 2011 recovery is in two speeds, a fast one for the financial industry and big business, and a slow one for small businesses and the average worker. If this continues for too long it will lead to social and political upheaval.

Jay Cost writes about comparisons between Barack Obama and Jimmy Carter.

Today is the 70th anniversary of the start of Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union by the German Wehrmacht. June 22, 1941 and December 7, 1941 are the two most important dates in the history of the 20th century, in my opinion. By invading the Soviet Union, Hitler sealed his fate and the fate of Europe for the next 50 years. By attacking the United States Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor the Japanese did the same. World War II is really the story of two wars, fought on an immense scale on opposite sides of the globe. The land war in Eurasia between the Germans and Soviets killed millions and resulted in the destruction of Nazi Germany and the enslavement of Eastern Europe to Stalin. The war in the Pacific killed fewer people, but resulted in the destruction of a militaristic Japan and the creation of the United States as a true global superpower. One cannot understand the geopolitical history of the world in the second half of the 20th century without understanding the significance of these events.