Orianna Fallaci, Woman of Valor

by Norman Berdichevsky (April 2013)

A Forgotten Heroine of the Norwegian Resistance” (August 2012) and “Pilar Rahola, Woman of Conscience” (July 2012). This triumvirate constitutes the final chapter in my book – The Left is Seldom Right (New English Review Press, 2011).

Hers was one of the most passionate voices of the 20th century and she refused to compromise her convictions for the sake of some immediate gain in her career as a journalist. In a 1976 collection of her works, she commented that:

Beginning as a Journalist

“‘Hollywood’s Intentional Ignorance of the Crimes of Communist and Muslim Regimes,” New English Review, February, 2013), made her an easy target.

For a number of years, she maintained dual residences in New York and in a house she owned in Tuscany, while lecturing at the University of Chicago, Yale, Harvard, and Columbia University.

The Left is Seldom Right.

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