I was born in the Soviet Union (in what is now Latvia, to be precise) and came to the United States in 1990. Chrenkoff has a prefect description of what I thought and what I saw:

I was then still a naive youngster who thought that the Cold War was a simple struggle between the communist world (where everyone but the elite wanted the other side to win) and the Western world, which was free, capitalist, and fiercely anti-communism.

Boy, wasn't I in for a shock. Very soon I discovered that while I was correct in first part, the West, to a large extent, was either indifferent or quite friendly to the whole idea of socialism. In particular I was shocked to find out just how many among the Western elites (political, media, academic, etc.) thought that the communists were the good guys, or at least believed in moral equivalence between the free and the un-free world; how many thought that free market was bad and socialism in some form was still the way of the future; and how many were hostile and patronising to the values that I held dear.

...and this, boys and girls, is why most* of the left shits me to tears.

* having friends on the "other side" and appreciating good debate with decent people of genuine good will on the left.

I don't think anybody cares about my opinions - so I'll just make the links to the sites that I enjoy.

• If you think that all Jewish sites are liberal - boy, I have a surprise for you... Visit to read the articles that are smart and interesting.
• It took me even longer to find a conservative Muslim site. is it!
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• News from Moscow.
• And from Riga .
• Regnum is an interesting site that aggregates all news from Latvia!
  
• The man and the woman of conservative thought!

And if you get upset - go Anti-Semitic sites: they will tell you that Jews have all the power, all the money, all the influence. It will certainly make you feel better!