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...when he was 42, the strain of remaining silent had grown unbearable, and the cultural climate had warmed enough that he was able to publish his novel One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, an account of an innocent man's experiences in a political prison camp, enduring brutal conditions without self-pity and taking solace from tiny pleasures, like a cigarette, or extra soup. It's a stunning work of close observation and simple description, and a devastating study of the psychology of oppression. It was also the first published account of life in a Soviet labor camp...
...carts or sleeping in shelters, then the long-term solution doesn't lie in redefining who is actually homeless until there is a small enough number to be served by the budget. The answer lies in getting enough funding to help all of those who are, particularly in this brutal economic cycle, facing the prospect of having a job and a family but no home. Enough money to meet the challenge: that would be truly good news, no matter how you define...
...departure could be explained to the electorate. On a rare sunny day this month, just before parliament rose for its long summer recess, MPs and party activists occupied every table at the riverside terrace bar of the House of Commons. The breeze was gentle, but their conversation was brutal. "Prime Ministers have been known to suffer health problems," mused one plotter...
...astounding. His "condemnation" amounted to four words: "tragic failure of leadership" - a meek scolding indeed from the world's greatest moral leader. How different things might have been if Mandela, years ago, had put politics aside and stood up to lead the world in fierce condemnation of Mugabe's brutal regime. Mandela's courage and presence brought democracy to South Africa. It is a tragedy that Zimbabwe hasn't been given the same opportunity. Instead, millions of Mandela's fellow Africans have been left to face torture and starvation, and a once beautiful country has been destroyed. Barbara Silverman, London...
...former chief of Croatia's brutal Jasenovac concentration camp, Dinko Sakic fled to Argentina at the end of World War II. There he resided until his capture in 1998; the following year, a court in Zagreb, Croatia, convicted him for his role in the torture and killing of inmates under his authority. When his guilty verdict was announced, the unremorseful Sakic responded with mock applause. The last known living World War II camp commander until his death on July 20, Sakic...