Criminalization of Art in Russia
The Economist: “What happens when you display “Forbidden art” From Prof. Andrei Zorin of Oxford University (and a contributor to InLiberty.ru and speaker at InLiberty.ru events): There can be no…
Politics
The One Ring
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
Good News from London!!!
Daily Telegraph: “Nick Clegg: tell us the laws that you want scrapped” The public will be asked what laws they want ripped up, in far-reaching reforms designed to put back…
A Little Shakeup!
Los Angeles Times: “Rand Paul of ‘tea party’ movement wins GOP primary in Kentucky” You can take issue with his stands on Guantanamo or foreign policy, but he’s sent a…
Marcus Raskin at his best
Interview on American politics
Roots of the Greek Crisis
Explained by Experts Takis Michas and Patrick Welter I’ve known both Takis and Patrick for years and it was great to have them both together in D.C. to talk about…
Bush and Obama are soooooo Jealous
Kazakhstan Boosts President’s Powers ALMATY, Kazakhstan—Kazakhstan’s parliament was poised Wednesday to declare President Nursultan Nazarbayev “leader of the nation” for life and grant him immunity from criminal prosecution and extensive…
Welcome to Crony Capitalism, Bush/Obama Style
George F. Will: “Greece and GM: Too weak to fail“
“Progressivism”: Coercive and Meddlesome at its Core
David Bernstein on the rather, um, selective history of “Progressivism” given by the “Center for American Progress”: “Whitewashing Progressivism” One could add many, many sins to the account of so-called…
David Boaz on Historical Blinders among Libertarians
Reason.com: “Up from Slavery: There’s no such thing as a golden age of lost liberty” I am particularly struck by libertarians and conservatives who celebrate the freedom of early America,…