Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

When Lawrence Bell, an orphan living in an abandoned house in Camden, New Jersey, went to prison he was 14-years-old. Barely literate and weighing no more than 90 pounds, he had been pressured by three Camden police detectives into signing a confession for a murder and rape he insisted at…

Skip to comments. Where are all the guns and ammo purchased under Obama? americanthinker.com ^ | 6/18/2020 | John Watson Posted on 06/21/2020 9:07:14 AM PDT by rktman The SBA loaded up their arsenals with Glock pistols. The Fish folks spent approximately $410,000 on their Glocks and rifles and modified…

Captura de pantalla del canal de YouTube de Alexei Navalny que muestra que al grafiti de Brodsky lo cubren con pintura blanca, 25 de mayo de 2020. Los 80 años del nacimiento del poeta y premio Nobel ruso Joseph Brodsky se conmemoraron el 25 de mayo de este año en…

I must admit that the mounting number of ominous events have given me a sense of dread for the future. But recently I had a pleasant moment when I drank a biere blanche at a cafe for the first time in several months.  G. K. Chesterton remarked in his comments…

As governments around the world responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, they released prisoners in large numbers. The scale and scope of these releases are unprecedented, but this phenomenon is not new. The early release of prisoners is usually due to clemency measures, legal instruments that reduce or revoke punishments. Nearly…

The greatest evangelist who preached to more people than anyone in the history of the world gave us a chilling warning before he went to heaven. In spite of all our affluence and achievements, Billy said that unless we focused on the transformation of people's hearts, there would be worsening…

Skip to comments. Lawsuit: Deed prevents Lee statue's removal; Northam says 'divisive' monument 'needs to come down' Richmond Times Dispatch ^ | 6/9/20 | BY JUSTIN MATTINGLY Posted on 06/09/2020 3:05:46 PM PDT by Captain Jack Aubrey The deed signed in 1890 giving Virginia control of the Robert E. Lee…

Skip to comments. 42 Years Ago Today: Solzhenitsyn's Harvard Speech, a Prophecy for Our Troubled Age Rorate Caeli ^ | 6/8/20 Posted on 06/09/2020 6:29:56 AM PDT by marshmallow The western world is in upheaval, a devilish revolutionary fever brought about by an extreme "progressivism" gone awry, the culture of…

Screen shot from Alexei Navalny's YouTube channel showing how Brodsky's graffiti is painted over in white on May 25, 2020. The 80th anniversary of the birth of Russian poet and Nobel laureate Joseph Brodsky was marked this year in Russia by an incident on May 25 highlighting the special place writers…

It is a sad paradox, but perhaps not surprising, that some of humanity’s greatest writing has been born in times of turmoil. In an effort to make sense of painful encounters with death and loss, authors have always tried to turn their sorrow and confusion into enduring monuments of beauty…