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Article: Solzhenitsyn: the last prophet.
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- March 1, 2003
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Who has been the most influential person of the last half century? A tough question, that I asked several of my acquaintances; interestingly enough, their immediate and universal response was: "O, Pope John Paul II, of course."
Other names mentioned were Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, Mother Teresa, Bill Gates, Billy Graham, and--for sheer evil-Osama bin Laden.
As it happens, my vote would also go to Pope John Paul II, who has stood astride our age like a colossus. But a case could be made for another man, one whose name was not mentioned by a single one of my respondents: Alexander Isaevich Solzhenitsyn.
So much has Solzhenitsyn been ...