He stayed out of American politics except for one very important speech
at Harvard University in which he warned the West that it was in mortal
danger of disintegration if it did not maintain its principles. That
speech disappointed some conservatives who accused Solzhenitsyn of
defeatism. But a careful reading of that remarkable address demonstrates
that it is anything but defeatist. It was prophetic.
This Nobel Peace Prize winner was perhaps the most important symbol of
the struggle for freedom. In recent days he had a Russian TV show in
which he propounded strange economic theories. An economist he was not.
A fervent Orthodox Christian he was, and from that Church he will be
commended to the Lord this week. Memory Eternal!