Writers Withdraw From PEN Gala to Protest Award to Charlie Hebdo
Bashing Muslims and Islam is orthodoxy in the West, both on the level of official policy and political culture. Writers ask: why should it receive a courage award?
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What's Scarier: Terrorism, or Governments Blocking Websites in its Name?
More damage has been inflicted historically by censorship than by the "terrorism" used to justify it.
UK Media Regulator Again Threatens RT for "Bias": This Time, Airing "Anti-Western Views"
This move is the classic hallmark of how a government propagandizes its citizens: ensuring that they hear only those views of which the government approves.
Did the US Prison Boom Lead to the Crime Drop? New Study Says No
How Al Qaeda’s Biggest Enemy Took Over Yemen (and Why the U.S. Government Is Unlikely to Support Them)
Yemen's president, his prime minister and entire cabinet resigned, giving unprecedented power to the Houthis, a Shiite minority from the country’s northern highlands.
Researchers Find 'Astonishing' Malware Linked to NSA Spying
Saudi Arabia's Tyrant King Misremembered as Man of Peace
It’s not often that the unelected leader of a country which publicly flogs dissidents and beheads people for sorcery wins such glowing praise from American officials and the Western press. King Abdullah's regime engaged in wanton human rights abuses, instrumentalized religious chauvinism, and played a hugely counterrevolutionary role in regional politics.
House of Cards: Tom Ridge’s Code Rich
Playing With Fire on the Lebanese Border
