Alexander Solzhenitsyn, 89, Aug. 3—Nobel Prize-winning author whose books chronicled the horrors of the Soviet gulag system, helped erase sympathy for the Soviet Union among leftist intellectuals, and inspired millions to stand strong in the face of repression; sheltered in America before returning to Russia, he also criticized Western culture for what he considered its weakness and decadence.
He tried to tell us. If only we will fight for freedom the way that he did.
I’m gonna miss Harvey Korman.
This sketch maybe most of all.