Pop Quiz: Why did the Berlin Wall fall? Some say Reagan orchestrated the Soviet Union’s demise. Others surmise that Communism was a doomed economic model...

Making Stone Soup

Pop Quiz: Why did the Berlin Wall fall? Some say Reagan orchestrated the Soviet Union’s demise. Others surmise that Communism was a doomed economic model bound to eventually fail on its own accord. However, I believe that Communism failed because the West possessed three very powerful “secret” weapons: the board game Monopoly, “Green Eggs and Ham”, and “Stone Soup”. Yes, that is correct. The Russians were brought down by two children’s books and a board game.