On the Assault on Globovision by the Venzuela Government

There is a good series of videos at YouTube (via Cato) regarding "Globovision and Venezuela's assault on Freedom of the Press". Watch all five to learn more of the terrible acts of the Chavez regime:

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4
• Part 5

No Matter Who Is President, the Stonings Will Continue

Several friends posted or sent this link to me, and I've finally gotten to reading it: No Matter Who is President of Iran, They Would Stone Me, by Lila Ghobady, an exiled Iranian writer-journalist and filmmaker living in Canada since 2002. This is a very powerful essay, one that makes quite clear the limits of the "revolution" that was simmering in the wake of the recent Iranian political leadership (s)election.

Hitchens on the Situation in Iran

As I'd expect, Christopher Hitchens wrote an excellent column on the situation in Iran after the recent events (he refuses to refer to them as an "election"). This is must reading, as he describes aspects of this I'm sure you aren't aware of.