Commentaries
The Loudest Voice in the World: Part 5
(Part 5 of 6) “Quit goofing around up there, you little hellion! You want to break your idiot neck?” “Yes. I mean, no. I . . . ” “Yeah, I know what you mean, but knock it off!” Elmer is barking at the boys through a malodorous cloud. The boys—Larry, Curly, and Moe (Elmer keeps … Read more
Nazism is Cool Again
In the 2018 English edition of her book The Unwomanly Face of War, Svetlana Alexievich expressed a commonly held fear in the former Soviet Union, and it absolutely came true. The Nazis would go down in history as brave heroes fighting for a lost cause, and the Soviets would be condemned as grotesque villains.