Support for Abdelkareem’s Rights
My friend from Guatemala, Constantino Diaz-Duran, who knows something about being threatened and persecuted for his writings on behalf of liberty, has written an essay in the Columbia Spectator, “Free…
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A Real Liberal Under Attack in Turkey for Defending Freedom
A True Liberal: Neither Suppress Religion, Nor Impose It A respected friend, Dr. Atilla Yayla, has been dismissed from his teaching position and pilloried in the press in Turkey for…
The Horror of Sectarian Massacres, Courtesy of Al-Qaeda and Uncle Sam
Whether the UN numbers for civilian deaths are high, low, or spot-on, the fact is that sectarian killings in Iraq have been up for some time. The turning point was…
“Our” Response to Borat
The Borat movie has been banned in the Russian Federation. My Russian colleagues have a response, “‘Our’ Response to Borat” (with “our” referring to the response of Russia) to the…
One Travesty After Another
After the very ugly and disgusting rants of comedian Michael Richards come the very ugly threats of Gloria Allred and Al Sharpton, whom I just heard on CNN demanding that…
Our Metastasizing Nanny State
Excise This Tumor This morning I heard an interview with with some guy from the “Federal Administration for Families and Children.” I knew that the federal government was expanding (just…
The New Russia and a New Eurasia
For anyone interested in what’s going on in Eurasia, with a focus on Russia and its relations with all of the other nations of the continent, I highly recommend watching…
Muslim Basher Robert Spencer Upset at my Dismissal of his Book
Don’t Bother: It’s Not Worth the Effort Robert Spencer, author of one of the trashiest and least enlightening books I’ve read, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades)…
A Bit of Media Play
The New York Times ran a cover story yesterday that includes discussion of some people I greatly admire, such as James Shikwati of the Inter Region Economic Network. (Anyone interested…
Please Help a Young Man in Prison in Egypt
You can act to help free Abdelkareem Nabil Soliman, who has been detained by the Egyptian authorities for writing on his blog. Regardless of whether you agree with his views…