Apr 12, 2019
Trotsky on ice
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On lunch with Trotsky’s murder weapon at the new International Spy Museum.
Topic: “Communism”
Mar 01, 2019
Week in review
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On Arthur Koestler, Mary Boone, Scruton on modern architecture & more.
Features March 2018
Soviet fate, Russian hope
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On Nadezhda Mandelstam’s literary achievements.
Notes & Comments December 2017
A love affair for the ages
On The New York Times’s series of essays on Communism.
Features November 2017
Stalin’s ism
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A review of Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941 by Stephen Kotkin.
Features May 2017
Crimes against culture
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On Doctor Zhivago & the dissident faith of Boris Pasternak.
Books February 2017
Elegy for elegance
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Letter from Beijing October 2016
Stomachs full of qi
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On the unrest below the surface of Chinese society.
Sep 30, 2016
Week in review
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A communist wunderkind debunked, and Europe's immigration dilemma.