Monthly Archives: August 2012

Free The Pussy Rioters (2)

Posted on August 11, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

From the closing statement of Nadezhda Tolokonnikova: Finally, I’d like to quote a Pussy Riot song because, strange as it may seem, all our songs have turned out to be prophetic, including the one that says: “The KGB chief, their … Continue reading →

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How It Is

Posted on August 11, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via what looks like the distinctly lefty Chtodelat News, the closing statement of Yekaterina Samutsevich, one of the Pussy Riot three, and, in this extract, an argument of some subtlety: The fact that Christ the Savior Cathedral [the scene of … Continue reading →

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American loons

Posted on August 9, 2012 by David Hume

My friends often wonder why I identify as a conservative in light of the existence of loons such as Pat Robertson. The problem from where I stand is that lunacy is found to your Left and your Right. My friends … Continue reading →

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Mustn’t Diss the Russian Orthodox Church

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Interesting report out of Estonia: Officials are remaining mum for now on a report from the Russian human rights organization Agora that a Karelia-based blogger, Maksim Jefimov, has asked for political asylum in Estonia. Jefimov is facing criminal prosecution for … Continue reading →

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Hikikomori, Literally

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via the Daily Telegraph: Seventy members of an Islamist sect who have been living in an underground bunker without heat or sunlight for nearly a decade have been discovered living on the outskirts of the city of Kazan in Russia. … Continue reading →

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Hikikomori, Again

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via the Washington Post: JERUSALEM — It’s the latest prescription for extreme ultra-Orthodox Jewish men who shun contact with the opposite sex: Glasses that blur their vision, so they don’t have to see women they consider to be immodestly dressed. … Continue reading →

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In the Public Square

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via the Economist: …One issue that pits the Catholic Church against the majority of [Poles] is in vitro fertilisation (IVF), a subject of intense debate in the Polish media. The Vatican regards it as a sin because it splits sex … Continue reading →

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Kelly, No Hero

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via CBS: Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., an ardent opponent of the contraception mandate that went into effect Wednesday, is comparing the beginning of the mandate to the attacks on Pearl Harbor and the September 11 terrorist attacks. “I know in … Continue reading →

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‘Honor’ Killings

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner: The Daily Telegraph’s Cristina Odone is rightly appalled by the murder of Shafilea Ahmed: Shafilea Ahmed’s parents have been found guilty of her murder. The beautiful 17-year-old Cheshire schoolgirl was killed by her own mother and … Continue reading →

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Putin Eases?

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner: Here (via the Daily Telegraph) is some encouraging news on the story of those three naughtily-named girls who staged a protest in Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral against Putin and, by implication, the role played by … Continue reading →

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