Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Challenges test character. In fact, challenges are necessary to develop character. As Russian novelist and anti-communist dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn reminded Harvard's graduating class in 1978, "Even biology knows that habitual, extreme safety and well-being are not advantageous for a living organism." This is true for nations as well as individuals.…

Source: SvetaZi/Shutterstock Living in the time of COVID-19 gives all of us a strong and clear taste of uncertainty. Our welfare is on the line and we are trapped at home with our questions, our vulnerabilities, and the vulnerabilities of others. Even in the midst of doing all we can…

Source: SvetaZi/Shutterstock Living in the time of COVID-19 gives all of us a strong and clear taste of uncertainty. Our welfare is on the line and we are trapped at home with our questions, our vulnerabilities, and the vulnerabilities of others. Even in the midst of doing all we can…

There is a sense of uncertainty and discomfort as among the most important preventive measures for the coronavirus outbreak is a nationwide lockdown — one that was preceded by partial curfews and social distancing for many among us. As a diverse array of virtual cultural and educational resources has been made…

From the New York Times we learn—it is no surprise—that Bernie Sanders, the socialist from Vermont from Brooklyn who until recently was leading the Democratic presidential pack and may yet end up the nominee, allowed himself and his office (mayor of Burlington, Vt., at the time) to be used by…

After the news broke on 19 February of the death, at the age of 99, of the French editor and writer Jean Daniel, the Élysée Palace issued a statement. Daniel, it said, would be remembered for his promotion of “social-democratic ideas” and for the Nouvel Observateur, the magazine that he…

If you think that headline sounds like something from the Babylon Bee, you're not alone. It defies logic, reason, and incredible odds, but as of publishing time, it appears that Bernie Sanders—a democratic socialist who is not even a member of the Democratic Party—is going to blow away the competition…

FDR's complicity in Stalin's post-WWII bloodletting started a trend of lies and hypocrisy in U.S. foreign policy.This month marks the 75th anniversary of the infamous meeting at Yalta of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, …

https://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/jordan-peterson-existentialism-via-solzhenitsyn-and-the-gulag/In this lecture, Peterson explore the dreadful socio-political consequences of the individual inauthentic life: the degeneration of society into nihilism or tot…

Meme circulating on the Chinese social media platform, WeChat. Author unknown. The image is a portrait of Soviet dissident writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and one of his quotes translated into Chinese: “We know they are lying, they also know they are lying, they know we know they are lying, we also…