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Tag Archives: Communism
Environmentalism is for the wealthy…
The morning after the Friday terrorist attacks in Bamako, Mali I took my son to the little zoo for the last time. It was not bittersweet, only bitter; I knew everything was about to change – for myself and my … Continue reading
Posted in America, Liberty, Uncategorized
Tagged Communism, environmentalism, Socialism
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To Whom Do You Compare Yourself?
Do you ever ponder, you who rage in self-pity, against whom your measuring rod is fixed? When I was in Africa, one of the many times, I had a driver for my wife and my family. We had only one … Continue reading
Posted in America, Liberty, Uncategorized
Tagged Africa, Communism, free markets, Socialism
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On Fate and Writing
I once wandered Paris in the spring. It was chill and I was alone, the drizzle fell upon me as I walked along the Seine from Rue de Mars and on toward where the Notre Dame stood. I walked in … Continue reading
“Ordeal: The Sisters” – Book One
“I stood here in the crowd a short time ago, and listened,” said Roshchin through his teeth. “Fire and brimstone descends from this balcony and the crowd mops it up. I don’t know any longer who are the strangers in … Continue reading
The October Storm and After
There is something nostalgic and haunting about soviet literature. I often wonder why that is…? How did writers participating in a project as wicked as that one harness the written word to such a degree as to be able to … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Liberty, Literature, Uncategorized
Tagged Communism, Literature, tyranny
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For Whom the Bell Tolls – A Review
There is a certain amount of nostalgia and some sadness in Hemingway’s best novel “For Whom the Bell Tolls”. How could there not be? It’s about the Spanish Civil War; that most terrible of events pitting the bad against the … Continue reading
Those Slaveries Old and New
There’s an odd sort of current running through western progressive movements these days. Maybe one-hundred fifty years ago it would have been called a specter. It might be better summarized as a “revenge project”, as Michael Anton writes. But revenge … Continue reading
