The Journal
democracy
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Not Compassion but Envy
Inequality is often cited as a major cause of social disruption, and an urgent justice issue for democratic societies. It has been pointed out many times before that you can have freedom, or you can have…
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Howard on Terorism and Our Response Over the Last Ten Years
I think John Howard is a little too enthusiastic about Indonesia, where there is still a troubling level of Islamic violence against minority religious groups, and about the so-called Arab Spring. There is reasonable concern that movements interpreted by…
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A Religion Cannot Be Bad…
Nor can a culture. We all just have to accept one another and learn from one another. Yes. Lovely. Except that accepting this lovely idea means ignoring virtually the whole of world history. Andrew McCarthy at…
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Cool Hats, Dudes
More about Egypt a bit later, but for now, these tidbits from the Daily Mail: A handy supply of stones for peaceful pro-democracy protestors to throw at people who disagree with them: And a selection of…
