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ICYMI: TUNISIA’S DARK TURN
Joshua Muravchik, Human Freedom Fellow at the George W. Bush Institute, discusses the challenges of consolidating democracy in Tunisia in a commentary for the Los Angeles Times.
DEMOCRACY—AND FREEDOM, TOO
Might the Muslim world grow more democratic and less free? This troubling question has pressed itself home amidst the recent spate of violence aimed at America and the West in response to a trailer for an apparently non-existent film ridiculing the Prophet Mohammed. Even moderate voices within the region that have denounced the violence have mostly paired this with calls for new prohibitions and international laws criminalizing the expression of ideas that offend religious sensibilities.
THE DWINDLING BAND OF TYRANTS
A vanishing breed, one hopes. I refer to absolutist regimes that deny their citizens a voice in government as well as personal freedoms, civil liberties and due process of law. Freedom House calls these regimes the “worst of the worst.” …
THE FOOL’S GOLD OF REVOLUTION
Independence Day is a time Americans can take pride in our nation’s gift to the world of the principle of representative government, which has by now been adopted by about sixty percent of nations. But we might also feel a…