Time to Revisit the Viktor Bout Case
With Russia’s arrest of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, U.S. officials are accusing Russia of using Americans as “political hostages.” That may well be true, but the fact is …
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Russia Is Not the Russian Government
In its coverage on the arrest in Russia on espionage charges of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, the Journal published an article entitled, “Evan Gershkovich Loved Russia, the Country …
The Similarity of Russian and American Torture
In my blog post yesterday, I pointed out, in the context of Russia’s arrest of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, similarities between Russia’s criminal-justice system and the Pentagon’s criminal-justice …
The Government Is Fomenting Mass Hysteria
“This country has been having a nationwide nervous breakdown since 9/11. A nation of people suddenly broke, the market economy goes to shit, and they’re threatened on every side by …
Would Gershkovich Have a Better Chance of Acquittal at Gitmo?
In an article criticizing Russia’s arrest of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on charges of espionage, the Journal writes that “lawyers with experience in the Russian judicial process predict a …
What Republicans Aren’t Saying about Food Stamps
According to Democrats and their allies at progressive and liberal outlets, millions of Americans are going to go to bed hungry or starving to death because the extra food-stamp benefits …
Evan Gershkovich: U.S. Spy or Simply Naive?
U.S. officials, the Wall Street Journal, and the rest of the mainstream press are up in arms over the arrest by Russian officials of 31-year-old WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich. The …
From Immigrant to Public Intellectual
In 1995, a reviewer called Murray Sabrin a “libertarian hero” due to the perspicacity of Murray’s first book, Tax-Free 2000: The Rebirth of American Liberty. Two years later, Murray became …
Celebrating Deaths by Starvation in North Korea
Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal reported that “North Koreans are experiencing widespread hunger and dying of starvation as the country suffers one of the worst food crises in …
Circus Politics Are Intended to Distract Us. Don’t Be Distracted
“There is nothing more dangerous than a government of the many controlled by the few.” — Lawrence Lessig, Harvard law professor It is easy to be distracted right now by …