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September 1, 2022

The First Political Prisoner Released by Mikhail Gorbachev Reflects on His Legacy

One cheer for the former dictator.

On Tuesday, the former Soviet dictator Mikhail Gorbachev died at the age of ninety-one. His death has been followed by many accolades for having “ended”—that is to say, recognized defeat in—the cold war. Natan Sharansky agrees that Gorbachev deserves credit for having “perceived the direction of history and responded accordingly,” but presents a more “complicated” view of his career:

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September 1, 2022

  1. The First Political Prisoner Released by Mikhail Gorbachev Reflects on His Legacy

    One cheer for the former dictator.

  2. Saudi Arabia Is Ridding Its Textbooks of Anti-Semitism, but the Rest of the Middle East Has a Long Way to Go

    The UAE is the best; Iran and Houthi Yemen the worst.

  3. How the Abraham Accords Are Mitigating Israel-Palestinian Violence

    Shrinking the conflict.

  4. Penitential Prayers Require Penitential Deeds

    “Just as He is compassionate and merciful, so too should you be compassionate and merciful.”

  5. A 1,000-Year-Old Mass Grave in England May Contain Victims of an Anti-Semitic Massacre

    And evidence of the antiquity of Ashkenazi genetic disease.