A Call for Equality for Gay People in Arabic
My essay on the issue of whether to allow a gay pride parade in Moscow, which was run on GayRussia.ru (also on Cato.ru), has now been translated into Arabic. (If…
Victims of Rights Violations
The History of Religious Toleration and Freedom
Perez Zagorin’s new book How the Idea of Religious Toleration Came to the West is excellent. I recommend it highly. I learned a good deal from it, especially concerning the…
You MUST Click On This
The Total Information Nanny State Approaches….Click here for the warning.
An Arabic Case for Toleration
Above is the new banner ad that is being used on Arabic web sites to promote The Lamp of Liberty, the Arabic libertarian website. The text offers an alternative to…
Danish Islam: the Illiberal and the Liberal
Freedom for Egyptians reports that Islam in Denmark is revealing two faces: one that demands suppression of free speech through force and one that calls for persuasion in place of…
Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech
Sebastian Castellio 1515-1563 In the current debates over freedom of religion, I’ve been reminded of two statements by two great men, one known as an advocate of freedom of religion…
An Egyptian Call to … Boycott Egypt?
The Egyptian blogger who produces “Rantings of a Sandmonkey” has some remarkably interesting findings to share about the cartoons that have provided the occasion for so much violence.
Denmark Stands Tall
The cartoon images of Muhammed may have been offensive. They may have been shocking to some. Perhaps publishing them was in bad taste. Maybe it was even a sin. But…
Another Victim of Our Irrational War on Drugs: Puppies
For Their Sake, End Prohibition I rather think that this bit of news helps to make the case for ending the War on Drugs: “The organization’s outrageous and heinous smuggling…
Not Only Is There Nonviolence as an Alternative to Conflict — There’s Nonviolent Conflict as an Alternative to Violent Conflict
I’ve long been an admirer of Peter Ackerman, since I first read the book he co-authored on Strategic Nonviolent Conflict: The Dynamics of People Power in the Twentieth Century. He’s…