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Freedom Communications enters bankruptcy

A very sad thing to see. I've really enjoyed my association with Freedom Communications, and hope the institution emerges on the other side with the same strong devotion to liberty.

Ezra Levant on the Canadian "Human Rights" Commissions

Definitely worth reading in its entirety:

Two years ago, Athanasios Hadjis was sentencing girls to lifetime publication bans and huge fines. Now he’s calling that conduct illegal and unconstitutional.

Two years ago, Richard Warman had a private little racket going, where the CHRC funded his complaints, and he got to keep the tax-free cash awards. Now he’s publicly disgraced, condemned by the very tribunal that used to fill his bank account.

Two years ago, Warman’s neo-Nazi antics were known to only a few dozen people – his CHRC bosses, his victims, and the Official Jews, who knew about it and abided it. Now Warman’s Nazi activities – and those of half a dozen other CHRC staffers – are widely known. (The Official Jews still abide it.)

Two years ago, Jennifer Lynch was an absentee manager, jetting off to five-star galas in the third world, on taxpayer expense, learning third world-style approaches to human rights.

Today… oh well. We still have some work to do!

Planning on joining Starfleet infantry?

Then here's some news you can use.

(HT: Jason Woertink)

Mars up close

Here are some gorgeous Mars photos from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment.

Clapton plays "Early In The Morning"

From the unreleased (why?!) Martin Scorcese film, Eric Clapton In The Spotlight.

Schools to be proud of

Steven Brill:

The teachers have been in the Rubber Room for an average of about three years, doing the same thing every day—which is pretty much nothing at all. Watched over by two private security guards and two city Department of Education supervisors, they punch a time clock for the same hours that they would have kept at school—typically, eight-fifteen to three-fifteen. Like all teachers, they have the summer off. The city’s contract with their union, the United Federation of Teachers, requires that charges against them be heard by an arbitrator, and until the charges are resolved—the process is often endless—they will continue to draw their salaries and accrue pensions and other benefits.

My appearance on City Visions

I was on San Francisco public radio's program "City Visions" last night to discuss property rights. I always love doing radio shows, and I thought this one was particularly fun. You can listen to it here. My favorite part is probably when the caller says he would kill 1,000,000 people to save the redwoods. If you doubt the importance of private property as a security for other individual rights, just think about that one.