Monthly Archives: February 2011

Interview with Belarusian presidential candidate Jaroslav Romanchuk

Note: They tell you in journalism school not to interview your friends, with good reason. But sometimes there’s nobody else to do it. The interview, a result of my trip to Belarus was posted on The Atlasphere website. My last … Continue reading

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You know you’re a contrarian when… redux

This looks like it’ll become a regular feature. You know you’re a contrarian when you read Pamela Geller (who blogs at Atlas Shrugs) in The American Thinker quoting Robert Spencer, “Muslims are the first immigrant group that has ever come … Continue reading

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It can, and does, happen here

Good news on the free speech front from Europe. Lars Hedegaard was acquited in Denmark of charges of saying true, but not nice things about Muslims resident in his country.

The hate-speech trial of Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff in Austria is still ongoing though. Frau Sabaditsch-Wolff is facing similar charges stemming from… well it appears that in support of her xenophobic, racist, etc etc rants she (this is shocking but I have to say it) actually quoted the Koran

And in America a big-time Washington D.C. lawyer Paul Mirengoff, who happens to be a conservative blogger was made to grovel in public, take down a blog post, and shut up.

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Don’t let that little girl in!

I rented Let Me In the other night, now I can say I’ve seen the movie for the first time twice. I mean of course, that I first saw the Swedish original, Låt den rätte komma in, 2008 (Let the … Continue reading

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You know you’re a contrarian when…

I just got this email circular about Democrats. Most of it is I think, both witty and on the mark. But… (There’s always a “but,” isn’t there?) On a few of these points, I have to ask some searching questions. … Continue reading

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