December 18, 2006
Search results for "solzhenitsyn"
November 02, 2006
New Book: The Solzhenitsyn Reader
May 17, 2023
Tetris and the Birth of an Obsession
It may be hard to picture now, when American children spend seemingly every waking hour absorbed in Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, but once upon a time the country’s youth contented themselves with activities that did not involve gazing into tiny screens—you know, riding bikes, throwing around a football, jumping rope. Continue Reading...
November 03, 2022
China’s Future Is Not Fixed
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) held its 20th national congress to chart its future direction and anoint Xi Jinping as leader-for-life. At least that’s what Xi plans. Xi lauded his record, which, he insisted, has “ensured that the party will never change in quality, change its color, or change its flavor.” Continue Reading...
January 31, 2022
Jordan Peterson has left the academy and that’s not a good thing
Jordan Peterson, the bête noire of the left, resigned his position at the University of Toronto in enviable fashion: on his own terms while issuing a blistering condemnation of the ideological corruption of the academy. Continue Reading...
December 16, 2021
Inflation is real and we’re experiencing the costs and consequences
Generally, the topic of inflation is considered dry and uninteresting, but it is one that has garnered much attention and debate over the past year. There are competing narratives as to what inflation is and why it matters, and even whether the U.S. Continue Reading...
December 08, 2021
Christmas 1991: The birth of freedom in the death of the evil empire
“You can have a very quiet Christmas evening,” wished Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev to American President George H. W. Bush. “I am saying good-bye and shaking your hand.”
It was a long-distance handshake, done via telephone. Continue Reading...
November 16, 2021
“Political Catholicism,” liberalism, and the myth of neutrality
On Twitter and in essays at The American Conservative, Sohrab Ahmari has argued that the debates about liberalism, post-liberalism, and integralism are “exhausted,” and that what he calls “political Catholics” are taking “these battles in other, more concrete dimensions.” Continue Reading...
February 18, 2021
‘Religion & Liberty’ Winter 2021 issue released
The latest edition of the Acton Institute’s flagship journal, Religion & Liberty, has been released. The Winter 2021 issue focuses on the menace of political violence.
Politics divides; commerce and goodwill unite. Continue Reading...
February 11, 2021
‘Mental torture’? Jimmy Lai denied bail for second time
Early Tuesday morning local time, guards hurried pro-democracy and human rights advocate Jimmy Lai out of his prison transport – handcuffed, arms chained around his waist like a member of a chain gang – and inside the courthouse. Continue Reading...
