Monthly Archives: June 2009

Human Rights Quote (72): Censorship in China

Posted on June 30, 2009 by

(source) From a “letter to the editor” of The Economist: SIR – I thought your readers would be interested to learn that I bought a copy of The Economist at Shanghai airport intending to read the article on the 20th … Continue reading →

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Gender Discrimination (15): Matriarchy in the USA, Ctd.

Posted on June 30, 2009 by

A while ago, I posted something about the rise of matriarchy – or better the end of patriarchy – in the U.S. (see here). In the meantime, I found this additional piece of information which is another sign of decreasing … Continue reading →

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Political T-Shirt (8): CCTV

Posted on June 30, 2009 by

(source, where you can actually buy this T) More on CCTV.

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Human Rights Maps (61): Countries That Have Hurt the Feelings of China

Posted on June 29, 2009 by

When diplomats lose their economic inhibitions and, exceptionally, replace economic self-interest by moral courage and criticize China for its human rights record at home (or, increasingly, abroad as well), or even when a government official simply meets the Dalai Lama … Continue reading →

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Measuring Democracy (2): Polity IV, and Some of Its Problems

Posted on June 29, 2009 by

I mentioned some of the most popular measures of democracy in this previous post, but somehow managed to forget Polity IV. This is, like Freedom House and others, a project ranking countries according to their political regime type. It’s extensively … Continue reading →

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Political Jokes & Funny Quotes (44): Fair and Just

Posted on June 28, 2009 by

(source) I have a 10-year-old at home, and she is always saying, “That’s not fair”. When she says that, I say, “Honey, you’re cute; that’s not fair. Your family is pretty well off; that’s not fair. You were born in … Continue reading →

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Limiting Free Speech (30): The Heckler’s Veto

Posted on June 27, 2009 by

(source) Should someone in an audience – or an entire audience for that matter – have the right to silence a speaker by way of hostile and loud reactions? Or is this a case in which the right to free … Continue reading →

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Discrimination, A Collection of Signs and Notices

Posted on June 27, 2009 by

(source) (source) (source) (source) (source) (source) (source) (source) (source) More on discrimination. More collections of images.

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Terrorism and Human Rights (19): The War on Terror and the Right to Privacy

Posted on June 26, 2009 by

(source) Just a few more thoughts as a follow-up from this post, this one, and this one. During an apparently never-ending war on terror (what could be the end of such a war?), people are quick to believe their “liberal” … Continue reading →

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Human Rights Maps (60): Child Wellbeing in the U.S.

Posted on June 26, 2009 by

(source, click here if you want to know how this ranking was established) More on children’s rights.

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