Does Good News Also Come In Threes?

Three important addresses dealing --for different reasons-- with the need for people to be good in order for their political systems to function. The Pope took the first whack in Spe Salvi; next up Mitt Romney; and now Solzhenitsyn.

"Russia has re-asserted its influence in international relations, and regained its role in the world. But inside, morally, we are far from what we wish and what we need to be," Solzhenitsyn said in an interview with the Vesti Nedeli program on Rossiya television.

"Deep and difficult development is still needed, which no government or parliamentary practices can ensure. It is a very complex spiritual process," the writer said.