Len Phillips reviews an Academy Award-winning German film, The Lives of Others, about the former East German secret police, the Stasi, and a book by Paul Hollander on why so many left-wing intellectuals refuse to hear any criticism of totalitarian regimes.We went to see The Lives of Others because it had won the Academy Award this year for best foreign-language film. Not necessarily a good thing in itself, but at least a recommendation of a kind. But other than knowing that, and knowing that it …
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