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Monthly Archives: September 2009
Political Artist (32): Luba Lukova
(source, source) More on income inequality.
Posted in art, equality, political artist
Tagged art, income inequality, political artist, politics
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Human Rights Nonsense (6b): Taxing Headscarves
I mentioned Wilders in this series once before, but I promise not to make a habit of it. The target is just too easy. (For those of you who don’t know him yet, go here). This time, he earns my scorn … Continue reading
Human Rights Cartoon (61): Corruption
(source, cartoon by Angel Boligan) Corruption, or “the misuse of public office for private gain”, is not a human rights violation as such (there is no right not to suffer the consequences of corruption), but it is the cause of … Continue reading
Posted in governance, human rights cartoon, law, poverty, statistics
Tagged cartoon, cartoons, correlation, corruption, GDP, human rights cartoon, poverty, rule of law
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Prison Conditions, A Collection of Images
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons. Fyodor Dostoevsky No matter how much we agree that putting people in prison is often necessary, we shouldn’t forget that in doing so we limit their … Continue reading
Human Rights Nonsense (6): A Duty to Preserve Cultural Values
(source) A citation from the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (also known as the Banjul Charter): Article 29, par. 7: The individual shall also have the duty … to preserve and strengthen positive African cultural values in his … Continue reading
The Recession, the Economics Profession, and the Prediction of the Future
(source) The current economic recession has cast a shadow on the economics profession. Economists are blamed for not having foreseen the recession. There’s for example this famous article by Paul Krugman. Whereas many economists undoubtedly have encouraged wrong policies and … Continue reading
Posted in democracy, freedom, law
Tagged consequence, economics, economy, forecasting, free will, future, game theory, hegel, history, identity, kierkegaard, montaigne, morality, philosophy, plurality, power, prediction, prevision, recession, responsibility, science, tyranny of the majority, uncertainty
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Political Jokes & Funny Quotes (53): Capital Punishment
(source) If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing little electric chairs around their necks instead of crosses. Lenny Bruce More on capital punishment here.
Posted in comedy, political jokes and funny quotes
Tagged capital punishment, death penalty, jesus, joke, quote
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Income Inequality (17): Rising Poverty and Falling Income in the U.S.
(source, source) Disappointing data from the U.S. Census Bureau: in 2008, poverty rose and median income declined (source), undoubtedly as a consequence of the recession. Median household income declined 3.6 percent in 2008 after adjusting for inflation, the largest single-year decline … Continue reading
Economic Human Rights (27): Homelessness in the U.S. in 2008
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development issued its 2008 Annual Homeless Assessment Report. This report explores changes in homelessness nationwide (housing is a human right and has an impact on other human rights such as the right to … Continue reading
Posted in economic human rights, housing, poverty, statistics
Tagged foreclosure, homelessness, housing, human rights, human rights facts, recession, shelter, u.s., unemployment
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Human Rights Ads (26): Arbitrary Detention
(source, an Amnesty International ad) More on arbitrary detention here.
Posted in freedom, human rights ads
Tagged ad, advert, amnesty international, arbitrary arrest, detention, human rights ad, politics, prison
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