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Gulag Archipelago Turns 50
G.W. Thielman writes for the Federalist about a major anniversary for an important book in the fight against the inescapable evil of Soviet communism. Just after Christmas 50 years ago,…
Anne Applebaum
American journalist and historian (born 1964)
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Documenting More Foreign Influence Peddling
Richard Fernandez writes for PJMedia.com about the latest evidence of shady dealing in the nation’s capital. More foreign influence peddling is alleged to be ocurring in Washington DC. Anne Applebaum…
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Left Finally Sees Danger in Ideological Conformity
Kevin Williamson of National Review Online ponders the political left’s latest approach to ideological conformity. Welcome to the party, pal! Cancel culture, soft censorship, the stampeding herd of independent thinkers…
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Is It Censorship or Accountability?
“Did you have a version of cancel culture when you were growing up?” he asked me. My 15-year-old son looked at me, waiting for my answer as we sat at a…
Elections & Public Integrity
Hunter Biden and media corruption
John Daniel Davidson of the Federalist highlights major media outlets’ failure to follow the facts of the Hunter Biden scandal. It’s hard to read Anne Applebaum’s recent article on the…
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Democratic socialists and totalitarians
Ronald Radosh explains in a Washington Free Beacon column why “democratic socialists” aren’t as cool as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez might lead you to believe. When it comes to understanding the crisis…
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Stalinism was no corruption of communism
Historian Anne Applebaum reviews for The Atlantic a nearly 1,000-page book on the first 50 years of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin’s life. Among author Stephen Kotkin’s most interesting observations: Stalin’s…
Law & Public Safety
We should never forget the Gulag
The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation has produced a new online Gulag Exhibit. The introductory video here is well worth viewing. In addition to exclusive essays written by Pulitzer Prize-winning…
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Seeking solutions to big problems
A few items that came across my computer desktop today have prompted me to think of the solutions Americans want and the likelihood of achieving them. John Hood’s column on…
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Even “mainstream” writers notice we have a debt problem
It’s good news for the country when even mainstream writers such as Anne Applebaum of the Washington Post are publishing pieces like this comparing the financial debacle in Greece to…
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Liberalization and Russian beauty
Anne Applebaum writes on a “frivolous [but] interesting” subject: “Where Did All Those Gorgeous Russians Come From? To put it bluntly, in the Soviet Union there was no market for…
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A black advantage?
Anne Applebaum at Slate has a piece about her Euro friends’ reaction to the Obama candidacy. She gives voice to something I’ve thought was at work in recent weeks, namely,…