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excerpt of 1928 cover of Bambi, illustrated by by Kurt Wiese

Bambi 1928-2022

By On 2022.02.02 · 2 Comments · In Art, Current Affairs, History, Review - Book

1928 Cover of Bambi: A Life in the Woods, illustrated by Kurt Wiese, translated by Whittaker Chambers

The Wall Street Journal published a letter to the editor in reply to its recent review of one of the new 2022 translations of Bambi: A Life in the Woods, written by Felix Salten in 1923 […]

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Whittaker Chambers farming (1949)

Whittaker Chambers Monument – no thanks

By On 2020.09.28 · 1 Comment · In Biography, Current Affairs, Politics

Some family members family have spoken against a possible monument to Whittaker Chambers…

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C-SPAN 3: Cold War Era Spies – Whittaker Chambers

By On 2014.04.25 · 3 Comments · In Biography, Current Affairs, Espionage, History

C-SPAN 3 airs “Cold War Era Spies” with new insight into the spy activities of Whittaker Chambers in the early 1930s, before the Hiss Case.

Program and Airing Details:

Apr 27, 2014 | 6:30pm EDT | C-SPAN 3 Apr 27, 2014 | […]

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Remembering Doris Lessing: Political Correctness

By On 2013.11.17 · 1 Comment · In Art, Biography, Current Affairs, History, Politics

British writer Doris Lessing died in London today, aged 94. She had become a communist in the 1940s about the time she married Gottfried Lessing but had abandoned such ideas by 1949.

In 1992, Lessing wrote and lectured about “Unexamined Mental Attitudes Left Behind By Communism.” A brief of that […]

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The Sanity of Saint Benedict

By On 2012.07.01 · Leave a Comment · In Biography, Current Affairs, History, Politics

Writing for Commonweal magazine, Whittaker Chambers continued his musings on the meaning of history with this article in September 1952. After some childhood reminisces, he recalls the power words of an instructor in Contemporary Civilization: “the world is entering upon a new Dark Ages.” He ponders […]

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Foot in the Door

By On 2012.06.15 · Leave a Comment · In Current Affairs, History, Politics

In what turned out to be his final article for National Review, Whittaker Chambers predicted Google (he mentioned “googols) and the Internet as he described the modern marvels of education by television. He was a bit fearful of its portent, but in fact he himself was already […]

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Some Westminster Notes

By On 2012.05.20 · Leave a Comment · In Current Affairs, History

In early 1959, Whittaker Chambers remained fascinated by the advent of jets, rockets, and Sputnik. He ponders earlier arms races over the past two centuries in “Some Westminster Notes.”

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A Republican Looks At His Vote

By On 2012.05.12 · Leave a Comment · In Current Affairs, Politics

During the 1958 elections, Whittaker Chambers recalls “a peculiarly braced sobriety” for a Democratic sweep the 1952 elections, writing:

The Republicans had lost touch with reality in all directions, and in all groupings, until domestic policy resembled irresolution tempered by expediency, and foreign policy more and more resembled something like eccentricity.

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