We are approaching one of the horrible milestones in human history — the birth of the Gulag a century ago. Sometime during the autumn of 1922, Soviet officials decided to establish a system of forced labor camps for both political…
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn died in 2008, but his writings continue to educate the West about communism. Last month, Notre Dame University Press published the English translation of the the third volume of Solzhenitsyn’s March 1917, which is a part of Node…
During the past year, there’s been more and more talk about the psychological impact of the COVID lockdown. Researchers have done studies, and among the more common ailments reported are depression, distress, PTSD, and suicidal ideation. But I would submit…
On Tuesday, Florida’s GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation strengthening civics instruction and literacy education in the state’s public schools. This includes providing a library of “Portraits in Patriotism” based on personal stories of those who immigrated to the U.S….
Why did a decisive block of people who voted for Donald Trump in 2016 not vote for him in 2020? Republican pollster Tony Fabrizio surveyed voters in 10 swing states and found the answer was simple. Trump lost “largely” because…
Between Two Millstones, Book 2: Exile in America, 1978-1994 By Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, translated by Clare Kitson and Melanie Moore (University of Notre Dame, 566 pages, $27) In 1978, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn settled into a writerly life of unprecedented focus, four years…
Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents reads as a peculiar book in that its most important passage occurs in the acknowledgments. “I am not at liberty to thank some of those who helped me research this book,…