During the Second World War, Grossman was an outstanding war correspondent for the Soviet Union and did his part to create the waves of patriotism which helped the Soviet Union defeat Germany.  After the war, Grossman became disillusioned with the system; his visits to the death camps in the Occupied Lands and the refusal of the official State organs to portray the millions of Jewish victims as having any special place in the memory of the war, plus the move towards anti-Semitism once the war was won helped to make him created his greatest novels.

It looks like the Culture War is going to heat up again. We forget that for a few years we did not have to listen to the whining of every group who felt they were abused, we did not have to hear about micro-aggressions or shrinking free speech zones. Hopefully, this silly idea will be batted down. Democratic Senator Telci Gabbard is out there to protect women’s sports, hopefully she can also protect women’s right to privacy in showers and bathrooms. https://thefederalist.com/2020/12/03/chuck-schumer-endorses-bidens-plan-to-force-public-schools-to-allow-males-in-female-bathrooms/