An Arabic Case for Toleration
Above is the new banner ad that is being used on Arabic web sites to promote The Lamp of Liberty, the Arabic libertarian website. The text offers an alternative to…
War, Peace, and Terrorism
A Roundtable of Heated Rhetoric on the UAE/Port Controversy
Rantings of an Egyptian Sandmonkey has a selection of comments on the controversy over the management of U.S. port facilities, followed by his own insightful comments.
Books for Iraqi University Libraries
As a part of the Cato Institute’s Jack Byrne Iniative for Middle East Liberty, my colleagues and I have been buying lots and lots and lots of books to send…
An Egyptian Call to … Boycott Egypt?
The Egyptian blogger who produces “Rantings of a Sandmonkey” has some remarkably interesting findings to share about the cartoons that have provided the occasion for so much violence.
Selective Outrage
Not all have taken to the streets to vent anger over the cartoons of Mohammed, as Omar from Iraq the Model makes clear.
Maker of Bomb Threats a Poor Representative of Islam, Indeed
A Disgrace and an Insult to Peaceful Muslims We now find that the disgusting creep who dressed up as a suicide bomber during the protests outside the Danish Embassy, during…
Not Only Is There Nonviolence as an Alternative to Conflict — There’s Nonviolent Conflict as an Alternative to Violent Conflict
I’ve long been an admirer of Peter Ackerman, since I first read the book he co-authored on Strategic Nonviolent Conflict: The Dynamics of People Power in the Twentieth Century. He’s…
Not Only Is There Nonviolence as an Alternative to Conflict — There’s Nonviolent Conflict as an Alternative to Violent Conflict
I’ve long been an admirer of Peter Ackerman, since I first read the book he co-authored on Strategic Nonviolent Conflict: The Dynamics of People Power in the Twentieth Century. He’s…
Women Drivers a Blessing
It hardly an adequate justification of the decision to send troops to Afghanistan to remove the Taleban from power, but it is a side benefit: the liberation of women from…