Communism

High Noon in Poland, Thirty Years Later

The thirtieth anniversary of Polish liberation from communism reminds us of the heritage of democratic life. Continue Reading »

12 Jun 2019

Revolution, 30 Years On

by Dan Hitchens

We ought to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of communism’s defeat, but it is difficult to say what actually did the defeating. Continue Reading »

15 Feb 2019

Between Two Millstones, Book 1: Sketches of Exile, 1974–1978 by aleksandr solzhenitsyn notre dame, 480 pages, $35 The first volume of Solzhenitsyn’s memoir of exile, Between Two Millstones, begins with the author’s expulsion from the Soviet Union and closes with him viewing the landscape . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2019

Solzhenitsyn’s Prophecy

by Robert P. George

What Solzhenitsyn faulted America (and the West more generally) for was its abandonment of its own moral and, especially, spiritual ideals and identity. Continue Reading »

11 Jun 2018

Battle for Europe

by Ryszard Legutko

Byliśmy głupi by marcin król czerwone i czarne, 256 pages, zł 39.90 Pravým okem: Antologie současného polského politického myšlení edited by maciej ruczaj and maciej szymanowski centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 203 pages, kč 249 Resistance to Communism in Eastern Europe was . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2018

Blacklisted

by Ron Austin

I am the last living blacklisted Hollywood writer. I can’t prove this any more than I could legally prove my blacklisting at the time. (The blacklist, after all, was an illegal conspiracy subject to lawsuits.) I am reasonably certain about this claim because I knew the Hollywood writers in . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2018

Poet in History

by Helen Andrews

Miłosz: A Biographyby andrzej franaszektranslated by aleksandra parker and michael parkerbelknap, 544 pages, $35 The impression left in the mind of an American reader, after he finishes Andrzej Franaszek’s exhaustive new biography of Czesław Miłosz, is the absurdity that this man was ever . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2018

The Communist Mystique

by Dan Hitchens

Trying to really believe in Communism now would be like trying to believe in Moloch or Anubis. The willingness to give up everything, which animated previous generations of revolutionaries, has vanished. Continue Reading »

11 Dec 2017