Links for January 21st
- Taking liberties - Once again, personal choices are under attack by good-for-you government.
- ‘Sarkozy of Arabia’ Sending Troops to the Gulf - France?s new deal with the United Arab Emirates to build military bases in the Persian Gulf should be taken seriously.
- In Praise of Melancholy - American culture’s overemphasis on happiness misses an essential part of a full life
- Conservative Populism - Rightly understood
- Chavez threatens banks over farm loans - Venezuelan president warns he’ll seize private lenders who fail to meet government lending requirements.
- Waiting for Straight Talk - There is a place in American politics for moralizers who think in such Manichaean simplicities. That place is in the Democratic Party, where people who talk like McCain are considered not mavericks but mainstream.
- Belarus jails Prophet Mohammad cartoon publisher - Three years in jail under the guise of hate speech laws.