There has been some discussion that the decision to seize Iranian assets, which include mosques in New York, raises First Amendment issues. I do not see that as an issue at all. Why? Because the government is not seizing mosques because they are mosques. What it is doing is seizing land owned by an Iranian [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Iran’
A Better Response to Honduras
UPDATE: Please see my new article, “No ‘Coup’ in Honduras,” for a more complete look at the issues raised in this article. My initial thoughts regarding the actions by Honduran leaders were greatly revised upon learning that there is no mechanism for impeachment in the Honduran constitution. Everything else has been moved past the jump.
Obama vs. Iran
I am currently out of town and writing this on my phone, so will keep it brief. I have been following the Iran situation via Twitter, paying more attention to my phone than to relatives I hardly know anyway. Although Obama has slowly increased his rhetorical support for the democratic protesters, it is still clearly [...]
Iranian Unrest
Whatever the implications may be of the current protests in Iran of Friday’s rigged presidential elections, they are giving us some shining examples of courage and selflessness. One ‘tweet’ in particular caught my eye and tugged at my heartstrings (time is CDT, UTC -5): PD90, Sun 14 Jun 12:19 via web Going out to join [...]
