Oh, how many ideas and works had perished in that building – a whole lost culture? Oh, soot, from the Lubyanka chimneys! And the most hurtful thing of all was that our descendants would consider our generation more stupid, less gifted, less vocal than in actual fact it was.
Category Archives: America
Innocence and Guilt
Therefore, the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted. -Habakkuk 1:4 NIV
The Subversive Man
And he who sings not with us today is against us! – Mayakovsky
Defining a Terrorist
It is fascinating how the Soviet Criminal Code was abused when it came to laws against terrorism. As we see this playing out in the United States, we should realize it isn’t a new tactic. Solzhenitsyn says that “terror” began to be construed broadly not just as an act, like trying to bomb a politician’sContinue reading “Defining a Terrorist”
Put a Label on Them
“Then it was also necessary to get rid of those peasants, some of them not at all prosperous, who, because of their daring, their physical strength, their determination, their outspokenness at meetings, and their love of justice, were favorites of their fellow villagers and by virtue of their independence were therefore dangerous to the leadership of the collective farms.”
“The History of Our Sewage Disposal System”
“Lysenko could not say that the snow was a kulak or that he himself was an ass. He accused the agronomists of being kulaks and of distorting his technology. And the agronomists went off to Serbia.”
Self Preservation
“Every man always has handy a dozen glib little reasons why he is right not to sacrifice himself.”
Submissive Sheep
“A submissive sheep is a find for a wolf.”
Am I a Patriot?
It Depends… Patriotism is a Gumby word. It can be twisted and flexed into myriad variations. One man’s patriot is another man’s traitor. Don’t believe me? I present to you former Vice President Mike Pence… Sure, the dictionary definition is simple and clear enough. A patriot is a person who loves and has loyaltyContinue reading “Am I a Patriot?”
Don’t Tell Me to Code
One of President Biden’s first acts was to use executive orders to put thousands of blue-collar workers out of jobs. Not long ago, when he was talking about coal miners being put out of work, he said, “they can learn how to code.” John Kerry, in a similar vein, talking about pipeline workers, “getContinue reading “Don’t Tell Me to Code”
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