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…
Political Theory
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 Little Sign of Progress
One of the signs of a capitalist economy, based on concern for the interests of others, is the emergence of concern for pets, and from there of concern for other…
The Origins and Evolution of Islamic Law
I’m enjoying Wael B. Hallaq’s very enlightening book The Origins and Evolution of Islamic Law, which is an excellent complement to Harold Berman’s Law and Revolution: The Formation of the…
Free Speech Gags Subjected to Scrutiny
The Fallacy of Campaign Finance Reform is, I believe, the best book available on one of the most important issues in American political science: campaign finance restrictions. I say that…
A Great End to an Exhilirating Conference
I’m really happy with the conference on “Freedom, Commerce, and Peace: A Regional Agenda.” We had Georgians and Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians, Armenians and Azeris, Iranians and Iraqis, Romanians and…
Advancing Freedom Further
I’m in Tbilisi for our conference on “Freedom, Commerce, and Peace: A Regional Agenda.” It starts tomorrow evening, but many of the participants are arriving tonight (Tbilisi is a great…
Dueling Censorships
ANKARA: The Turkish court system acquitted a Turkish author (who lives and teaches in America) of the crime of “denigrating Turkish national identity,” a charge supported by some remarks about…
Immigration and Freedom
My friend Constantino Diaz-Duran, now enrolled at Columbia University, has a smart and insightful essay in the Columbia Daily Spectator, “Message from an Immigrant: Please Don’t Help Us, You Missed…