Fausta's blog

The limits of "openness"

A few days ago, I returned from some missionary work in England. One object of my visit was to bring culture to the natives, specifically to bring news of The New Criterion to the culture-starved readers of London. To this end, I participated in a panel discussion at the Travellers Club in Pell Mell, where I was joined TNC regulars Anthony Daniels,

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Madrid's March 11 Sentence: Case Wide Closed

Twenty-one of 28 suspects in the 2004 Madrid train bombings were found guilty today by a Spanish court, but the suspected mastermind was absolved on all charges. Because a case is not closed in Spain until the courts have determined the person or persons ultimately responsible for a crime
’s commission, Robert Latona wonders whether justice has been

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Ask Dr. Helen: Should Men Get Married?

If PJM
’s advice columnist Dr. Helen Smith ever doubted that the institution of marriage was getting to be an increasingly risky and expensive proposition for men - her readers have certainly educated her, forcing her to think carefully about whether or not to advise them to head to the altar.

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Disquiet on the Danube: Hungarians Take to the Streets

PJM Budapest: Hogan Hayes looks at the rumblings of discontent with the Socialist-led coalition governing Hungary. But can the country change course?

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Little Brotherly Love Among Democrats at Philly Debate

Bored with the lackluster Democrat debates? Sick of the predictable invincibility of Hillary Clinton? Strap on your seatbelt, because Eric Scheie found Tuesday
’s debate at Philadelphia’s Drexel University to be surprisingly interesting - after all, how many presidential debates include UFO sightings?

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Ari Fleischer: A New Breed of Jewish Leader

Jane Whitson - AKA Nashville-based blogger Webutante - barely knew Jewish Republicans existed until last week, when she met former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer, whom she now views as “a modern day Moses leading his people out of slavery, into freedom. But rather than leading them out of the land of Egypt, he’s taking them out of the bo

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Sudan's Deadly New Crisis

PJM Khartoum: War clouds are once again growing over the troubled Sudan, writes Drima, AKA The Sudanese Thinker, as the latest peace effort teeters on the brink of collapse.

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Flemming Rose: Do Swedes Want Free Speech?

In the wake of death threats to Swedish artist Lars Vilks for drawing the prophet Mohammed as a dog, Swedish newsmagazine Fokus polled Swedes on whether offending religious images should be forbidden. A full 25% said they supported such a ban - the figure was even higher among women and the poor. A worrisome trend in liberal Sweden, reports Pajamas

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Is Mikhail Khodorkovsky A Political Prisoner?

If President Bush really wants to understand today
’s Russia, maybe he should spend less time looking Putin in the eye and peer into the eyes of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, writes PJM’s Russia analyst Kim Zigfeld. The former tycoon sits in a Siberian prison convicted of committing corporate fraud. When his arrest and prosecution is scrutinized, Khodorkovs

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Cristina Kirchner: From First Lady to Argentina's President

PJM Buenos Aires: Argentina didn
’t really elect Latin America’s Hillary Clinton on Sunday. Ian Mount writes that Cristina Kirchner’s use of image over substance separate her from America’s former First Lady.

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