March 2018
Soviet fate, Russian hope
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On Nadezhda Mandelstam’s literary achievements.
Topic: “Communism”
December 2017
A love affair for the ages
On The New York Times’s series of essays on Communism.
November 2017
Stalin’s ism
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A review of Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941 by Stephen Kotkin.
May 2017
Crimes against culture
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On Doctor Zhivago & the dissident faith of Boris Pasternak.
February 2017
Elegy for elegance
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October 2016
Stomachs full of qi
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On the unrest below the surface of Chinese society.
September 2016
Officers & gentlemen
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September 2016
Fear & loathing in Algeria
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On a novelization of the life and death of Communist dissident Fernand Iveton.
November 2009
Weak will, high wall
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On President Kennedy's failure in the face of barbed wire.
March 1993
The perversions of M. Foucault
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On The Passion of Michel Foucault by James Miller.