Tag Archives: totalitarianism

The Permission for Resistance

Posted on February 18, 2009 by Lee

Brief except of a talk at the 92nd Street Y between Salman Rushdie and Irshad Manji, discussing the possibility of reform against extremism in the Islamic faith. Rushdie draws a fine parallel with the experience of the Western left during … Continue reading →

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The Gulag

Posted on August 17, 2008 by Peg

Too often, I have heard people I know laud Cuba’s health care or some other aspect of their nation. If you are someone who admires Castro’s Cuba – please read this

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The Price of Chinese Silence

Posted on July 24, 2008 by Lance

From The New York Times: Mr. Yu’s daughter had died in a cascade of concrete and bricks, one of at least 240 students at a high school here who lost their lives in the May 12 earthquake. Mr. Yu became … Continue reading →

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Venezuela’s coming Kristallnacht

Posted on January 12, 2008 by Lance

McQ points us to a new, if all too familiar, turn the ugly situation in Venezuela is taking: Venezuelan Jews, long uneasy with the Chávez government’s alliances with Iran and other Middle Eastern countries that espouse anti-Israel views, are concerned … Continue reading →

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