Translated by Bernardo Bova and Peggy Edmonds “God sent to earth an animal to tell men that they are immortal, and the animal, either through stupidity or forgetfulness, told them that they must die.” —St. Augustine We need a third …
FE Author: Andrei Codrescu
The best human gift is perspective
by Andrei Codrescu
Fifth Estate # 410, Fall, 2021
it’s also the worst when used in circumstances calling for a closeup or in circumstances that call for detachment it is only a gift when it employs the appropriate distance that minimizes pain between the observer and the observed . …
The Motorist
by Andrei Codrescu
Fifth Estate # 357, Summer 2002
We stand at a great crossroads in history. If we go right, we are liable to bump into ourselves coming from the left. And vice-versa. But we do agree on one thing: our national interest requires that we wean ourselves …
Stalin
by Andrei Codrescu
Fifth Estate # 316, Spring, 1984
Nobody dies like Stalin did. He didn’t just die, he took the world with him. My world at any rate. I was 8 years old when it happened. At school all the kids had been crying and I’d been crying …
Armageddon to Some
by Andrei Codrescu
Fifth Estate # 346, Summer, 1995
The people eagerly awaiting Armageddon, from religious fundamentalists to paranoid Nazis, have no choice but to wish a fiery end. They’ve been such failures in this world, only the end of it can justify their miserable, creepy existence.