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I’ve been re-reading Russian lit and have been stunned by one universal theme
I didn’t say to myself one day, “I’m going to read my collection of Russian lit.” There was no such plan. Simply, I decided it was time to re-read Anna Karenina. I was uneasy about doing it, uneasy about the … Continue reading
Posted in The Facts of Life
Tagged Anna Karenina, Bolshevism, Chechov, emphysema, Eugene Onegin, Henri Troyat, Jane Eyre, Lenin, Pushkin, Russian literature, Stalin, Tolstoy, Trotsky, Vladimir Nabokov, War and Peace, Wuthering Heights
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What “strongmen” can’t do
Tolerate dissent. Because of which they won’t hold open elections. (As my father pointed out years ago, if a political leader is as popular as he claims, he can prove it by having an open election — not one rigged … Continue reading
Posted in Fascism, Government, Human rights, Propaganda, Racism, Revolution, The Facts of Life, War, War on Ukraine
Tagged "Blood and Ruins, "Bloodlands", Alexei Navalny, Lenin, Nicholas Kristof, Putin, Richard Overy, Russia, Stalin, strongmen, Tim Snyder, Trotsky, USSR, World War II
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Strongman!
Today, Paul Krugman published a Times column analyzing why the “strongman,” as typified by Putin, is so admired and desired by the current GOP. I learned something about this “strongman” thing years ago, while in a taxi heading to JFK … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Government, Immigration, The Facts of Life
Tagged Basque, Brooklyn Bridge, Guernica, JFK Airport, MoMA, New York Times, Paul Krugman, Picasso, Ronald Reagan, Russian Jews, Stalin, strongmen, USSR
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