ViewpointsOpinionSmoke rises from an explosion after Israel and the U.S. launched strikes on Iran, in Tehran on March 1, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA West Asia News Agency via ReutersWilliam Brooks3/1/2026|Updated: 3/1/20260:00CommentaryOn the morning of Saturday, Feb. 28, we all awoke to an alarming development.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn waves to well-wishers in the main square in Vladivostok after he returned to Russia following 20 years of exile, on May 27, 1994. Michael Evstafiev/AFP via Getty Images12/28/2025|Updated: 12/28/2025CommentaryIn February 1974, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was arrested by the KGB, stripped of his citizenship,...