The Direction is Clear
Moscow police detain gay activists. Eggs and punches at Russia gay march. Notably, it was the peaceful gay activists who were arrested, not the people who assaulted them. This is…
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An Eloquent Indictment from a Chastened Former Interventionist
Andrew Sullivan (“Al Qaeda’s Enabler“) has come a long way, admitting his error in supporting the invasion of Iraq and offering an intelligent diagnosis of the disaster of US foreign…
Lamp of Liberty Books
Misbah al Hurriyya (the Lamp of Liberty) is publishing Johan Norberg’s excellent book In Defense of Global Capitalism. It will be off the presses by June 5. Cato.ru has also…
From the District of Columbia Department of Redundancy Department
It’s struck me for some time as, well, puzzling that the District of Columbia government requires taxi drivers to post notices in their cabs informing passengers that, District of Columbia…
Yet Another Slander on the KGB
What must the Fever Swamp be thinking now? (A Russian former KGB officer should be charged with the murder by poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, the UK’s director of public prosecutions…
European Freedom Summit
Wish I could be at the European Freedom Summit, to be held June 2 and 3 in Berlin. It’s sponsored by the Institut für Unternehmerische Freiheit (Institute for Free Enterprise)….
A Chinese Model?
Middle Kingdom, Middle Path? James Mann has an interesting article in today’s Washington Post, “A Shining Model of Wealth Without Liberty,” which asks whether China presents a new model political/economic…
A Stimulating Source of Thought
My old friend Bertrand Lemennicier, who always takes great pleasure in provoking thought, has a quite interesting website, mainly in French. (It also hosts an elegant edition of my essay…
An Intelligent Podcast Discussion
An interesting discussion of American foreign policy, Bush administration disregard for the rule of law, from America’s Future Foundation, and immigration: “Rudy Giuliani vs. Ron Paul, the Gonzales saga, and…