Alexander Solzhenitsyn

I enjoyed the part on Freedom and Lying.  I think he is saying that there is freedom in putting words on paper and that by doing so, you keep oneself honest, because as others read your material, they will certainly tear it apart if what you have written is inaccurate.  Truth, like writing, can set you free. 
I also like what he had to say in part 4 about scales.  I think of my own life and must agree.  When something close to home affects me, say, like a tornado hits near by, I am inclined to think that this is terrible, but yet, when Japan had the Tsunami hit and created all the devastation it did for that country, then on the 'scale' of things, I didn't think it as bad, because it didn't affect me directly.  I did think it was bad, on the scale, it was very low compared to when a tornado hit close to my home some years ago.  I think then he is saying our minds are mysterious and that he hits on a good topic:  why dosn't terrible things far from me affect my life the same way as something near by?