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  • Dostoyevsky’s Powerful Denunciation of Socialism

    Dostoyevsky’s Powerful Denunciation of Socialism0

    Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov is arguably the greatest Russian novel ever written (which means a case can be made that it is the best novel ever written, period).  Kurt Vonnegut once wrote that Brothers is the one book “that can teach you everything you need to know about life.” Dostoyevsky has been praised for his

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  • Dostoyevsky on Why Lust is Dangerous

    Dostoyevsky on Why Lust is Dangerous1

    I’ve pondered before on this site if Christians sometimes focus on sexual sin too much. While I believe a strong case can be made that many of us do, I also believe that our culture as a whole is likely prone to overlooking the practical dangers of lust. (Many of us have seen the harm

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  • Dostoevsky’s Critique of Socialism

    Dostoevsky’s Critique of Socialism1

    The novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) was known as a voice for the poor and downtrodden in Russian society, and an advocate of social justice. Yet at the same time, he was a strong opponent of socialism and its presuppositions. As such, and given that the idea of socialism is a feature of the 2016 presidential

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  • Dostoevsky and American Despair: The Penalty of Nihilism

    Dostoevsky and American Despair: The Penalty of Nihilism3

    These chilling words, ringing with despair, come from one of the most striking characters in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s 1866 novel Crime and Punishment, Arkady Ivanovich Svidrigailov: We always imagine eternity as something beyond our conception, something vast, vast! But why must it be vast? Instead of all that, what if it’s one little room, like a

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  • Donations to NRA Triple Amid Demands for Stricter Gun Control

    Donations to NRA Triple Amid Demands for Stricter Gun Control0

    Donations to the National Rifle Association’s political action committee more than tripled amid heightened calls for stricter gun control laws. After a 19-year-old with an AR 15-style rifle took 17 lives Feb. 14 at a high school in Parkland, Florida, some Americans demanded more restrictions on gun ownership. A retired Supreme Court justice, John Paul

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  • Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and the Death of Human Dignity

    Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and the Death of Human Dignity0

    So much has been said and written about the present Presidential election campaign that many of us are no doubt feeling overloaded with unwanted and ill-tempered debate and are suffering from political-spin-fatigue. This being so, I have no desire to add to the political overload nor do I intend to descend to the sewers and

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