A Contribution to Moral Clarity
“Orwell, blinding tribalism, selective Terrorism, and Israel/Gaza,” by Glenn Greenwald
Victims of Rights Violations
WordPress Plugin Available for an Unjustly Imprisoned Blogger
I encourage you, as you begin 2009, to think about a victim of censorship who has languished in prison for years and was condemned to endure two more years without…
We Have Our Work Cut Out for Us….
“Stalin’s new status in Russia,” BBC: “…there is a much broader campaign to rehabilitate Stalin and it seems to be coming from the highest levels of government. The primary evidence…
Burying the Records of the Past with the Victims
“Kremlin Rules: Nationalism of Putin’s Era Veils Sins of Stalin’s,” by Clifford Levy, New York Times (26.November.2008) Mr. Trenin said he believed he had enough information to make the case…
An Intimate Assault on Freedom of Association
Jacob Sullum on “eHarmony Forced to Create a Dating Service for Gay Singles” From the article in the Boston Herald: “Until (Wednesday’s) settlement, eHarmony was more like eNeanderthal for its…
Free Kareem
November 6 saw dignified protests and statements of support for the cause of jailed Egyptian blogger Abdelkareem Nabil Soliman in Stockholm, Paris, Rome, Washington, D.C., Berlin, San Francisco, Bucharest, London,…
Crackdown on Southpark in Russia
In Kommersant, “Today they are going after Kenny, tomorrow they will go after you!” Hat Tip: Natalie Vogel (The Russian state authorities are also looking into cracking down on “emo…
Two Years of Imprisonment and Abuse
Come November 6, it will be two years since an Egyptian student was imprisoned for expressing his opinions in his personal blog. It breaks the heart to think of what…
The Racial Impact of the Drug War
From the Boston Globe, Jack Cole’s “The solution to the failed drug war.”