Please watch this. A prominent Turkish journalist has been killed for speaking out against the subject of this film. This link was forwarded to me by Milo.

Thomas Jefferson is a quoteworthy chap. Here’s a new favorite.
I am certainly not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and [...]

I generally steer clear of Op-Ed pieces and commentary as they usually just spit out the latest party rhetoric on an issue. Bill Harley’s “Life in the Commonwealth” column on NPR’s All Things Considered however, is the rare exception that transcends the “op-ed” column and enters the “Great Essays” category. Listen, and participate with [...]