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The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons. -Fyodor Dostoevsky, 1821-1881I am writing this article with the hope that it will engender public debate about the state of the country's prisons. It is my conviction ...

In this short story, Fyodor Dostoevsky reveals his aristocratic leanings in devices like themes and characterization. The main character is an unreliable narrator since his lack of will power engenders him towards illicit and

There is a long and colourful history of literary hoaxes, from the fourth-century Latin document that allegedly ceded rights of the Roman Emperor to Pope Sylvester I to the infamous Alan Sokal Affair, in which a New York physics professor published ...

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The upcoming film by Romanian director Cristi Puiu, La Conac/The Manor House is one of 17 projects selected for Paris Projects this year, part of the Paris Cinema Festival, according to cinema news site Screen Daily. The Paris Projects program runs ...

Young offenders in a juvenile correctional center in Beaumont, Virginia, are being encouraged to read Russian literary classics to help get their lives back on track. The classes, organized by the University of Virginia, have become so popular that ...

In July 2006, Shinzo Abe published a book titled Utsukushii Kuni e (Toward a Beautiful Country). At that time he was Chief Cabinet Secretary under Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. In September 2006 he was elected president of the governing Liberal ...

Will the passing of the Secrecy Bill usher us into a more Orwellian-like society? In Orwell's haunting political allegory, Animal Farm, the animals form a united democratic front to take over property from the exploitative human owner thus earning ...

(This commentary is the second of three parts that are part of an unpublished essay I wrote a number of years ago surrounding the Terri Schiavo case. It has been adapted here concerning Dr. Kermit Gosnell's recent house of horrors, as there is ...