By rss@youtube.com (stbenedictsomerville) Fr. Carr discusses the Wall Street Journal's Take on Solzhenitsyn in light of his words to the Harvard University community in 1978. Recorded 08/05/08 WSJ http://online.wsj.com Keywords: Solzhenitsyn Harvard intelligentsia WSJ Catholic communism commentary analysis

By Larisa Alexandrovna There is an interesting column in the Weekly Standard on the late Aleksander Solzhenitsyn by Harvard professor Harvey Mansfield. It is a powerful read, some of which I agree with wholeheartedly, and some of which seems to be criticizing materialism (rightly) while confusing capitalis...

By abuhatem I recall very well the commencement address that he delivered 30 years ago at Harvard University. The audience of students and their families, aware of Solzhenitsyn’s anti-communism, expected a warm tribute to the West — and especially ...

USA Today  ME - During a commencement address delivered at Harvard University in 1978, he presented a brilliant and eccentric, but deeply insightful critique of the United ... The Curious Alexandr Solzhenitsyn John Birch Society Death of a Prophet Town Hall

By Mike Golby Alexander Solzhenitsyn | Commencement Address Delivered At Harvard University, June 8, 1978 I have seen them riding seaward on the waves | Combing the white hair of the waves blown back | When the wind blows the water white and black. ...

Remembering Solzhenitsyn America Magazine (subscription), NY - Aug 6, 2008 His 1978 lecture at Harvard University, and his short story entitled "Matryona’s House." Here are excerpts from both. The defense of individual rights has ...

By Jason Goroncy So over the next few days, I will post some excerpts from Solzhenitsyn’s famous lecture - ‘A World Split Apart’ - delivered at Harvard University in 1978. The entire lecture can be downloaded here. Here’s Solzhenitsyn on courage: ...

By Ontario Emperor Giving the 1978 Commencement Address at Harvard University, Alexander Solzhenitsyn delivered a sharp and stunning rebuke to the modern West, repudiating its liberalism, materialism, and supremacism. This is (part of) what he said: ...

By Pincas Jawetz At Harvard University in 1978 Solzhenitsyn rejected the faith in “Western pluralistic democracy” as the model for all other nations. It was a mistake, he warned, for Western societies to regard the failure of the rest of the world to ...