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The forces of tyranny simply do not understand. They will always overstep their bounds, again and again, until they destroy themselves. Such is the nature of their need for control, it must escalate until it consumes itself.

Ahmadinejad has lost his legitimacy, and the current leadership must bear the responsibility for these crimes as [...]

I have decided to be good all this week, and focus on how and why China has made such progress, even though the censorship at present is as tightly-enforced as possible, to the extent that all proxies are blocked, and hence half the internet is inaccessible to me. China’s coming out party apparently requires [...]

In this ongoing debate, I would like to step back and re-focus.

What is at issue is whether society works according to rule of law and defined legal processes and principles, or whether it is constantly warped by the powerful to serve their needs, whether individually, in groups, or as an organization.

This discussion has changed focus [...]

There is no rule of law in Iran today. The forces in power are contemptuous of anything and anyone that stands in opposition, even to the smallest degree.

There is nothing religious about this, no religion could possibly sanction the behavior of the regime. They are without religion and without reason.

This is not over, [...]

I gotta hand it to FOARP, even when he is on the road, he still is on the job.

I just am not able to spend much time fact-checking (or even reading) Megan McArdle. The nonsense is just too deep for me to penetrate, and too irritating to bother trying, and of course as has [...]

Shots fired at banned Mousavi rally, ’several dead’.

I am very worried this will get out of hand. Somebody else, is too, I would wager, as every proxy known to man is down right now.

[Update]
Oops, already too late. From the same report:

Overnight, police and hard-line militia stormed the campus at the city’s biggest university, ransacking [...]

I am heartened somewhat by the news of the cease-fire in the Swat Valley. And it remains to be seen if the cease fire can hold. However, assuming the cease-fire can be maintained, I consider this a positive step. Alone, of course, it would appear as if the Pakistani government is conceding [...]