I was impressed by the writing of the late Alexander L Solzhenitsyn. I found what I liked best about his writting was his ability to write successfully and accurately about Russians which he had in common with other great Russian writters. Writting about Russians is not easy. One of the things I found most interesting about him is that he converted to Orthodox Christianity while in the gulag which may tell us also something about the nature of conversion to Christianity. Another interesting thing was his only allowing his children five minutes a week of American television watching- really five minutes is enough. -Rod