IQ Is A Social Construct Except When It Isn’t

This about HBD, tagged , , was written by for on August 10, 2012 .7 Comments

That is, when it happens to show that someone is a mental retard and as such shouldn’t be executed for murder. Just the old liberal hamster wheel logic in action. I’m actually quite indifferent to the DP. But I’m not indifferent to using mental retardation as a defense. If anything it is more of a reason […]

Legal Analysis Of The Pussy Riot Case

This about Society, tagged , , , , was written by for on August 8, 2012 .8 Comments

Alex Mercouris has penned a long and extremely erudite analysis of the case against Pussy Riot. I cannot recommend it highly enough. Go, read. There are just a few things I would add: (1) I think one of the closest historical analogues to this case in Anglo world is the 2 month imprisonment of Nicolas […]

Global Highs

This about Life, tagged , , was written by for on June 26, 2012 .13 Comments

Via Economist: This makes sense to me. While cannabis is well-known in Russia, attitudes towards it are mostly disparaging where not hostile even in relatively enlightened Moscow. The druggies there tend to be more hardcore anyway. It is a large part of the conversation in the UK – see the debates over what classification it should get […]

ECHR Rules 2003 Elections Fair, Derided As Kremlin Flunkies By Liberals

This about Politics, tagged , , , was written by for on June 22, 2012 .1 Comment

According to the press release (PDF) regarding the recent judgment, the issues considered by the ECHR as regarding complaints about the 2003 Russian Duma elections were the (1) the opposition’s access to an “effective remedy” to complain about media bias in favor of United Russia; and (2) that the media’s aforementioned bias prejudged the fairness […]

Is Khodorkovsky A Political Prisoner? Read The ECHR Judgments Before Quacking

This about Politics, tagged , , , was written by for on April 12, 2012 .33 Comments

It’s one thing if Western journalists and Yukos PR henchmen – if there is indeed any difference – shill for all they’re worth about the travails of Khodorkovsky, the former oligarch doing time for fleecing the Russian Treasury to the tune of billions of dollars, charges he sooner boasts about than denies when given the opportunity […]