Nashi Youth Camp (TIME ONLINE) By SHARON K. GILBERT April 13, 2008 IN PART I of this article, we followed Russia’s religious history, pointing out the incestuous relationship between government and church. We saw how tsarist ‘king-maker’ Patriarchs ruled an uneducated peasantry through secular proxies only to be devoured byContinue Reading

“Freedom isn’t free.” By SHARON K. GILBERT Originally Published March 11, 2007 Thus spake Queen Gorgo to the Spartan Council. “I represent mothers — those without a voice.” And so she stands, embodiment of Liberty — a lone voice crying against the roar of political wolves. Derek and I rarelyContinue Reading