Month: December 2009
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…
Palmer Podcasts on…
The Nature of Rights Liberty and Tradition
Central Asian Free Market Institute
The Central Asian Free Market Institute, which was founded in April of 2009, has released its 2009 Accomplishments, in Russian and in English. Financial support is much appreciated! (They are…
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…
The Centrality of Central Asia
The Wilson Quarterly has an excellent short article, “Rediscovering Central Asia,” by S. Frederick Starr, that offers an overview of contributions to human culture that emerged from Central Asia and…
The Post on “Human Rights”
The Washington Post displayed good sense in this important editorial, “Redefining human rights,” which reveals a most disturbing trend in the thinking at the highest levels of the US government….
Some More Pics from Istanbul and Kabul
I’m just throwing up some pics, in no particular order (except that indicated by the list below): +Meeting with the Board of the 3H (Rule of Law, Toleration, Liberty) Movement…
Yegor Gaidar, RIP
From the New York Times: `Yegor Gaidar, the Man Who Killed the Command Economy`
Pomegranates
I love pomegranates. They are wonderful. Maybe even my favorite fruit. I just wish that they were easier to eat. Well, my colleague Peshwaz Faizulla (from Iraqi Kurdistan) and my…