[birdwoman]

"Stalinism depends on silence and the re-writing of history."

Off topic: There is plenty of re-writing of history in our children's textbooks these days. Have you actually read some of the stuff they write in American History texts these days? WAY diff. than the Am. History I learned.

[FreeTheHostages]

Yup. I give all my nieces and nephew's Lynn Cheney's "An American Primer." It's a great kid's book.