Reading Time: 3 minutes Even in the depths of suffering, there is still reason to hope for the future. Even if we are in despair today, we can embrace the joys of the past
Tag: Russia
Marx was wrong: communism did not lead to a better society
Reading Time: 3 minutes The stronger the application of communist ideologies and practices, the worse the outcomes
Did Canada expel Russian diplomats for a false reason?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland plays fast and loose with the facts if she believes her grandfather wasn’t a Nazi collaborator
What happens if America stops underwriting world order?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Because there are bad guys and bullies out there, a muscular cop – however imperfect – brings a degree of reassurance
Stalin’s Moscow show trials a blind spot for western intellectuals
Reading Time: 3 minutes The eagerness of western intellectuals to justify the Moscow show trials of the late ’30s was what was truly frightening about them
Kate Harris’ Lands of Lost Borders a masterpiece
Reading Time: 3 minutes In Lands of Lost Borders, Kate Harris ruminates on 10 months aboard a bicycle along the Silk Road once conquered by Marco Polo
America today: parallels to post-Gorbachev Russia uncanny
Reading Time: 3 minutes The parallels between Russia more than 20 years ago and the United States today are deeply disturbing
The Mueller indictments: laughing all the way to the Kremlin
Reading Time: 5 minutes The entire episode feels increasingly like a Russian intelligence operation designed to create political turmoil in the U.S. and exacerbate social tensions
Lithuania a country caught between two worlds
Reading Time: 4 minutes A letter from Lithuania: Its history is one of struggle and compromise. Now it’s looking to the future and its options with caution
Communism’s pernicious influence persists despite the best evidence
Reading Time: 3 minutes On the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, some romantics still embrace the fallacies of communism and its sister socialism