Fyodor Dostoevsky's quote from Crime and Punishment reminds us that humans fear stepping outside their comfort zones, associating change with discomfort.

It’s been said about Bernard Madoff that he wanted to be caught. That knowledge of the extent of his crimes was its own burden, one relieved by those same crimes being exposed. It was impossible not ...

Russian literature majors will tell you that Dostoevsky was a laugh riot. Well, probably not. That didn’t stop Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen from having fun with the literary great’s 1866 novel ...

A statement by Raskolnikov at the conclusion of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s “Crime and Punishment” dramatically illustrates features of the criminal mind. The infallible criminal looks at himself and sees his ...

Russian literature can be intimidating. It serves up dense, voluminous tomes filled with lots of suffering and names you might not be able to pronounce. But this summer The Old Globe Theatre has ...

Renowned author Dostoevsky believed self-deception, not external forces, fuels human suffering and moral decay. He argued ...

Well that was more fun than reading the book. All due respect to Fyodor Dostoevsky, but “Crime and Punishment,” his nihilistic deep dive into conscience and utilitarianism with its protagonist’s ...