Category: The World At Large
Will the Internet Balkanize? Not Anytime Soon, I Don’t Think.
If you’re looking for something to ponder this weekend, let me recommend this piece in the Economist about the Internet in the modern age to you (via Melissa Clouthier’s Twitter feed). The article looks at the challenges of keeping the internet open in the face of obvious threats to national security such as WikiLeaks, reassertion [...]
On the Matter of Freedom, We Should Never Be on China’s Side
On Friday, the Nobel committee will award the Nobel Peace Prize to someone who truly deserves it, a Chinese dissident named Liu Xiaobo. Mr. Liu won’t be there to receive his award because he is in a Chinese prison, serving an 11-year sentence for “subversion”. His wife won’t be there either, because the tyrants in [...]
Government-Run Health Care Leaves Over 13,000 Elderly Malnourished
This is monstrous. The number of patients becoming malnourished in hospital has doubled in just three years. Official figures show that a record 13,500 patients fell victim to some form of nutritional deficiency last year. Most are frail and elderly pensioners who are simply ‘left to starve’ because they are too weak to feed themselves. [...]
The Leaks that Should Get Breathless Worldwide Coverage Today
If you’re looking for a more gripping story than that of the cowardly accused child-molester Julian Assange and the documents he’s released that will get good people killed*, here’s one for you. With its ruthless dictator, network of forced labour camps and iron grip of its ruling party, North Korea is the last country one [...]
Nothing Sends a Message Like an Aircraft Carrier
Early yesterday morning, North Korea launched a fussilade of over 100 artillery shells at the South Korean island of Yeonpeong. The attack killed two civilians and two marines, and wounded 18 others. South Korea returned fire with a smaller artillery barrage and scrambled attack aircraft. The Norks claim that an earlier South Korean military exercise [...]
Iran Joins the “Our Schools Love the West Too Much” Club
Iran has a problem with its schools that might seem familiar to some of us. Its curricula are not in line with the religion of the ruling class and so the schools must change what they teach. Iran will not allow its universities to begin teaching certain disciplines it deems too “Western,” and existing courses [...]
Der Spiegel: No, America! That’s Now How You March in Lockstep Behind a Charismatic Leader!
The influential German periodical Der Spiegel is miffed that we silly Americans have expressed some small amount of disapproval in Barack Obama. In its latest edition, an editorial claims that we rambunctious bumpkins would be a lot better off if only we returned to our knees and worshipped The Obamessiah. Only the MSM, says Der [...]
A Very Happy Birthday, Margaret Thatcher
Today is Margaret Thatcher’s 85th birthday and I would like to wish her only the best of health and the brightest of days. She’s been ill for far too long and I pray God would give her a few easy years before she leaves this world. She was the greatest British Prime Minister of my [...]
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