Vaclav Havel, Pavel Landovsky, and Vaclav Maly wrote this fantastic letter in support of Lui Xiabo, a Chinese political activist who has been sentenced to eleven years in prison for exercising his freedom of speech. The three famous dissidents then printed the letter and delivered it to the Chinese embassy in Prague. The Chinese were [...]
Roy Ashburn is in a bit of political hot water. He’s a California State Senator representing the people of Inyo, Kern San Bernardino, and Tulare counties. He was stopped on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol last week. A local television station reporter noted that Roy had been stopped after leaving a “gay [...]
Thomas Jefferson wrote “When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred.” I had to count well past a hundred before I could write this blog post about Glenn Beck’s recent error. The time has allowed my anger to mellow into deep disappointment and sadness. Over the last few years, I have [...]
FoxNews recently published an article which highlights pretty much everything which is wrong with the country. California Man Fights Legal Battle to Keep His Own Backyard is the story of George McNamee’s fight to keep the government out of his back yard. George and Sharlee McNamee bought their home in 1976. In 1983, the McNamee’s [...]
Sawsan Salim was being harassed by local officials, so she went to the government offices in Rass to complain. As a result, she was sentenced to 300 lashes and 18 months in jail for the “crime” of visiting government offices without a male relative. In a comically obvious failure of the Saudi “justice” system, one [...]
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is an autonomous organ of the Organization of American States (OAS) which represents all of the member States of the OAS. Each of the seven members of the IACHR are elected by the General Assembly of the OAS, which means that none represent an individual nation. This gives [...]
