China’s Second Cultural Revolution
by Thomas F. FarrMao’s successors concede that trying to kill religion is not realistic, but that religion poses a mortal threat to communist rule and must be controlled. Continue Reading »
Is China a Model of the Common Good?
by Matthew SchmitzThe common good is not a euphemism for tyranny, and oppression is not a synonym for order. Continue Reading »
Why Did the Wall Fall, 30 Years Ago?
by George WeigelGerman foreign minister Heiko Maas's essay on the fall of the Berlin Wall failed to mention the pivotal figure in the Revolution of 1989: Pope St. John Paul II. Continue Reading »
A New Cardinal Honors an Entire Nation
by George WeigelSigitas Tamkevicius’s enrollment in the College of Cardinals was a papal tribute to a brave man who exemplifies the best the Society of Jesus offers the Church and the world. Continue Reading »
Prosperity Breeds Idiots
by Francis X. MaierSocialist thought seems more fascinating when perceived from a secure and prosperous distance. Continue Reading »
The Demon in Middlebury
by Ryszard LegutkoThe invitation from Middlebury College to speak about my book The Demon in Democracy came last year. I was pleased to receive it, as it seemed to indicate that the book resonated in American academic circles. Middlebury was the sixth or seventh university in America to have issued such an . . . . Continue Reading »
High Noon in Poland, Thirty Years Later
by George WeigelThe thirtieth anniversary of Polish liberation from communism reminds us of the heritage of democratic life. Continue Reading »
Revolution, 30 Years On
by Dan HitchensWe ought to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of communism’s defeat, but it is difficult to say what actually did the defeating. Continue Reading »
Russian Jeremiah
by Ryszard LegutkoBetween 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 »
Solzhenitsyn’s Prophecy
by Robert P. GeorgeWhat Solzhenitsyn faulted America (and the West more generally) for was its abandonment of its own moral and, especially, spiritual ideals and identity. Continue Reading »
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