There are concerns in Russia that (RFE reports) antitotalitarian works by writers such as Boris Pasternak, Andrei Platonov, Anna Akhmatova, and Osip Mandelshtam have been removed from required-reading lists, while Soviet literary icons such as Mikhail Sholokhov continue to be taught. That’s worrying, and still more evidence that those who lived under Communism (or their descendants) have yet to come to terms with the horrors of the collectivist past. It’s also worth remembering that until they do, nor will we.

Via blogger Amy Phillips, who also has some sensible views on vacation travel.