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on 16 Aug 2010 by Wendy McElroy

One of the most significant consequences of the current hysteria surrounding child porn is also one of the least discussed: namely, how many innocent lives are ruined by the rush to punish almost anyone who is accused. It is easy to unknowingly download child porn onto your personal computer. Just click on the wrong link in a scam email or [read more]

Burka Politics

A new twist to the ongoing debate: women in burqas as social dissidents -- as women's rights activists.

on 06 Aug 2010 by Wendy McElroy

Original source is the Freeman Online. Burqa Politics by Wendy McElroy Politically speaking, July was a big month for the burqa, which has become a flash point of tension between the West and Islam. A burqa is a cloak-like garment that envelops a woman’s entire body, leaving only her hands and feet uncovered. A face veil (niqab) with a panel of mesh or [read more]

RADAR ALERT: RADAR's New Signature Report: "Erring on the Side of Hidden Harm"

on 05 Aug 2010 by RADAR

RADAR ALERT: RADAR's New Signature Report: "Erring on the Side of Hidden Harm" RADAR is proud to announce a new line of reports, the RADAR Signature Reports. Unlike RADAR's Special Reports, the RADAR Signature Reports will be attributed to particular authors. RADAR invites writers of journal-quality material to submit articles for consideration. The first report in this new series is [read more]

My-children-don't-look-Hispanic-Sandoval?

What seems undeniable, however, is that Sandoval knows full well that it is people who do look Hispanic who will be (or would have been) harassed by the Arizona police.

on 03 Aug 2010 by Wendy McElroy

An interesting controversy surrounds Brian Sandoval, who is the current GOP gubernatorial candidate for Nevada; one of his commercials, targeted to Latinos, says Sandoval wants to be "the first Hispanic governor in the history of Nevada." In an April 30 interview conducted at a Univision affiliate in Las Vegas, Sandoval (who has spoken in support of the new [read more]

The harm done to slave owners

One abolitionist argument was "the slave owner is also a 'victim' of slavery because by participating in the institution his soul is coarsened and his humanity forfeited."

on 23 Jul 2010 by Wendy McElroy

There are arguments, sometimes expressed in a single sentence, about which I have thought for years. I stumbled across one of them while I was intensively reading abolitionist works -- that is, literature from the 19th century anti-slavery movement in America. Translated into modern terms, the argument was: "the slave owner is also a 'victim' of slavery because by participating [read more]

Good enough for government work

on 19 Jul 2010 by Wendy McElroy

I have a favorite phrase for today: "good enough for government work." It comes from John Stagliano. Last Friday morning, he was facing a possible 32-year jail sentence for producing pornography with adults for adults. By Friday evening, he was a free man who could concentrate on the upcoming birth of his first son. The Judge invoked Rule 29, which [read more]

Update on John Stagliano and the website

on 18 Jul 2010 by Wendy McElroy

My websites are once again under a concerted Denial of Service attack and, so, connecting in order to post is problematic and may remain so until we 'harden' the sites. Since the process takes time and energy away from daily life, including the irksome need to produce income, you may experience occasional difficulty in accessing wendymcelroy.com and ifeminists or the [read more]

Porn king stands for justice and the American way

on 17 Jul 2010 by Wendy McElroy

I take the title of this post from the last of the excellent series of reports by Richard Abowitz on John's Stagliano's persecution in the federal court system, which concludes. If the officers of the court won't stand up for truth, justice, and the American way, then it looks like a pornographer will have to do the job for them. Call [read more]

The federal screwing of John Stagliano

on 15 Jul 2010 by Wendy McElroy

As I write this blog, a prominent libertarian is being prosecuted for a victimless crime in a federal court case that could well redefine freedom of speech in America. And, yet, with a few shining exceptions like the irreplaceable Reason Magazine, no one in the movement seems to notice. John Stagliano is a staunch libertarian who has generously funded institutes [read more]

Racial, Gender Quotas in the Financial Bill?

A massive salute to Diana Furchtgott-Roth for finding a deeply buried gender and racial agenda within a financial regulation bill.

on 09 Jul 2010 by Wendy McElroy

A sweeping salute to Diana Furchtgott-Roth for finding a deeply buried gender and racial agenda within a financial regulation bill. The provision would impose a gender and racial employment quota on all financial institutions that do business with the government -- depending on how widely "do business with" is interpreted, that means almost all financial institutions. (And when does [read more]