"Once you give up survival at any price, 'then imprisonment begins to transform your former character in astonishing ways." It teaches friendship. You learn the most valuable thing is "the development of the soul."
And so Sozhenitsyn concluded, "Bless you, prison, for having been in my life."
David Brooks Sidney Awards, Part 1, including Gary Saul Morson's essay, "Solzhenitsyn's Cathedrals" in The New Criterion, NYTimes, 12/16/2017
Wednesday, December 27, 2017
Saturday, December 23, 2017
President Trump's declaration that Jerusalem is Israel's capital unites foes in Malaysia
"Today, regardless of our political beliefs, we gather to show that as Muslims in Malaysia we are united in opposing Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
"There are 1.6 billion Muslims. There are only 13 million Jews. It does not make sense if 1.6 billion lose to the Jews. If we don't unite, we will be looked down on."--Prime Minister Najib Razak Malaysia
Mr. Najab has been embroiled in a corruption scandal involving billions of dollars missing from the government's 1Malaysia Development Berhad fund which he led. While the US Treasury Department maintains that the IMDB's coffers were the source of hundreds of millions of dollars that ended up i Mr. Najib's bank account, the Malaysian prime minister has developed a close relationship with Mr Trump. Withe the IMBD case hanging over him, Mr. Najib has expressed gratitude for the support from Mr. Trump.
But at Friday's rally, Mr. Najib said his personal ties with Mr. Trump did not change his support for Palestine. "It is our duty as Muslims to uphold the first Shariah principle, which is to defend Islam."
excerpts from NYT article, December 23, 2017
"There are 1.6 billion Muslims. There are only 13 million Jews. It does not make sense if 1.6 billion lose to the Jews. If we don't unite, we will be looked down on."--Prime Minister Najib Razak Malaysia
Mr. Najab has been embroiled in a corruption scandal involving billions of dollars missing from the government's 1Malaysia Development Berhad fund which he led. While the US Treasury Department maintains that the IMDB's coffers were the source of hundreds of millions of dollars that ended up i Mr. Najib's bank account, the Malaysian prime minister has developed a close relationship with Mr Trump. Withe the IMBD case hanging over him, Mr. Najib has expressed gratitude for the support from Mr. Trump.
But at Friday's rally, Mr. Najib said his personal ties with Mr. Trump did not change his support for Palestine. "It is our duty as Muslims to uphold the first Shariah principle, which is to defend Islam."
excerpts from NYT article, December 23, 2017
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