The CCP’s Human Rights Action Plan: a Smokescreen for Persecution
When the Chinese regime wants to persecute a group, it simply passes laws legalizing human rights violations.
Peace Process Will Strengthen Moderate Palestinians
Restarting the peace process may help the Palestinians pull back from radicalization and civil war.
Hold the Cheers for China’s Human Rights Action Plan
If a regime can't follow its own constitution, how seriously should we take any other promises it makes?
Port Authority Nixes ‘Freedom Tower’
Has the Port Authority sold the naming rights to what was meant to be a symbol of American freedom?
A Walkabout Through Slums On a Sunday Morning
An Indologist, whose specialty is the literature and culture of the Indian “underclass,” sent me clippings on Danny Boyle's film “Slumdog Millionaire.”
Socialism, Eugenics, and Population Control
Socialism, Eugenics, and Population Control
Che Guevara: Hypocritical Darling of Pop Culture
“The Cuban Revolution has been romanticized to the point where few people know about the actual origin of it.”
Spanish TV Begins Cooperation With Chinese Communist Party TV Station
In an act celeberated at the Moncloa Palace in late February, Spanish public television signed a covenant of cooperation with CCTV, the official mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party.
Beginning of a New Era for Human Rights
“President Obama was silent in criticizing [China] for censoring his speech and we hope that is an exception.”
Losing Affection for the Irish Chancer
Is there something intrinsic in the Irish persona that doomed the Celtic Tiger to have a hard crash rather than a soft landing, or is it the chancer inherent in the Irish disposition that ran out of luck?
