What Didn’t Happen After the Gun Ban Was Lifted
In a very smart letter to the editor of the Washington Post (“What didn’t happen after the D.C. handgun ban ended“: may require registration), Mr. William Ciucci notes that the…
Victims of Rights Violations
End the Drug War.
Two former officials in the government of Vicente Fox have come out in favor of ending the drug war, which is causing enormous harm in Mexico. Their book, El Narco:…
The Case for Saving Ali Hussein Sibat Now Available in Arabic
“Ali Hussein Sibat Must Not Be Executed,” by Raja Kamal and Tom G. Palmer Arabic English UPDATE: It might help to save Mr. Sibat’s life to send letters to the…
A Song for Kareem, a Victim of Injustice
From Meklit Hadero. It brought tears to my eyes. I wish I could do more for him. (Raja Kamal and I co-authored an article for the Washington Post about Kareem’s…
A Death Sentence for “Sorcery”
Raja Kamal of the University of Chicago and I co-authored an article that appeared today in the Daily Star of Lebanon (a pre-eminent English-language newspaper in the Middle East) on…
An Iranian in Germany on Events in Iran
From the Wall Street Journal Europe: “The West’s Betrayal of Iran: Europe’s ‘dialogue’ with the mullahs is just camouflage to cover up the trade and appeasement,” by Saba Farzan I…
A Drug Policy that Would Stop Sacrificing Afghanistan
I’ve met with some very sharp Afghan policy makers who understand well that the US “war on drugs” has terrible consequences for Afghans, who are victimized by the US DEA…
A Blow for the Rule of Law
My old friend Dan Garrett sent me this remarkable judicial opinion: “USA vs. William J. Ruehle.” Read it and be happy that some countries have independent judiciaries. For the news,…
Libel Tourism
The New York Times features my friend Hannes Gissurarson of the University of Iceland, who suffered from Britain’s outrageous libel laws, in today’s story: “Britain, Long a Libel Mecca, Reviews…
Alan Charles Kors on the Crimes of Communism and the Liberation Celebrated on November 9
Alan Charles Kors – Freedom Dinner 2009 Keynote from Atlas Network on Vimeo.