I also know that Iran’s women stand in the vanguard. For days now, I’ve seen them urging less courageous men on. I’ve seen them get beaten and return to the fray. “Why are you sitting there?” one shouted at a … Continue reading
Following on from my last post, about Anatoly Movchan’s account of the struggle over competing views of human rights, after WWII, up to the 1970s, another disputed right was the right to work. In practice, it’s hard to distinguish a … Continue reading
Nick Cohen is wrong here: Earlier this year, the dictatorships which dominate the United Nations’ comically named Human Rights Council tried to pass a motion stating that defamation of religion should everywhere be a crime. For obvious reasons, Islamic states … Continue reading
In this week’s Normblog Profile, Matthew Yglesias replies to one question as follows: What philosophical thesis do you think it most important to combat? > That selfishness is more rational than benevolence. But who puts forward this thesis he wants … Continue reading
And Van Morrison. Glorious – had to share it:
Long silence… but you should hear this: