Tag Archives: human rights

Being Gay in Brazil

This should be sobering for all the culture warriors in our own country. In light of this essay published by the Daily Beast, America by comparison, continues to be light years ahead of every other country when it comes to … Continue reading

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Syrian Regime Forces Deliberately Targeting Children

The Syrian regime is using an an age old tactic of utter and unspeakable brutality to break any will of resistance. Think, here, of the type of siege warfare found in the Old Testament Bible. Historically, men have been willing … Continue reading

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Why Are We Sending Weapons to Egypt?

Global Post/Blog Even on the heels of several violent crackdowns on Egyptian protestors by security forces here, the US is again sending a new shipment of weapons to the country’s military junta. According to a statement today by London-based rights group, Amnesty … Continue reading

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Qaddafi Is Raping Libya. Literally.

This is pretty chilling stuff. It is well documented proof that the Libyan dictator, Muammar Qaddafi, has meted out retribution against those who are fighting against his regime. He’s employed conventional arms such as tanks, jets, and attack helicopters against … Continue reading

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A look at North Korean prison camps.

by Jason According to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index 2008, there are 30 countries that are full democracies, 50 that are flawed democracies, 36 that are hybrid regimes and 51 that are authoritarian regimes. That means that authoritarian regimes … Continue reading

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Differences in Democracy

(Although some of the developing countries/third world have in recent decades experienced transition to democracy/democratization, still many have not yet attained democracy. Here are a few explanations as to why that is.) A sweeping and broad reason given for the … Continue reading

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Typical hand-wringing and Liberal moral relativism on full international display

Ladies and gentlemen, this here is a stunner. Even by the standards of a liberal administration such as the one Obama and his operatives have created. Since he has assumed office, the man has apologized for just about everything under … Continue reading

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Democracy, human rights good for some, not others?

It’s not often around here that we ask you to turn your attention to events in the far-flung Central Asian of Kyrgyzstan. But recent comments made by that nation’s President speak to the larger issue of whether the values of … Continue reading

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How do we stop this? — Child abuse in Islamic culture

by Jason Fox News | Saudi Child Bride Turned Back Over to 80-Year-Old Husband A Saudi Arabian father forced his 10-year-old daughter to return to her 80-year-old husband Sunday, after she was found hiding at the home of her aunt … Continue reading

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Killing People. The Secular Left’s tale

This was just too good to pass up. An awesome site called the Wintery Knight Blog, which I have featured here before and have  had wonderful correspondence with its operator, pushes out awesome stuff on a regular basis. This latest post is … Continue reading

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Syria Until Sunup: Is there any reason to believe Damascus-Washington relations can improve?

(Photo: Portland Tribune) An important Middle East test for SOS Hillary Clinton and President Obama is now underway from their decision to send two officials to Syria to try to encourage Damascus to change course.  However, trying to turn the … Continue reading

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