I’m happy for the rebels in Libya and those who support them. All of Libyans, really. They’re free from a tyrant who has oppressed them for 30 years. Just a week ago, they seemed to be dead in the water. Even 48 hours ago, it seemed that Gadhafi’s forces would be successful in pushing them back from Tripoli. Yet, now it appears that the rebels may have won.

For those rebels who truly want a free and democratic society, I congratulate them, and wish them well. I think that the nations of the Middle East and Northern Africa are ultimately better under pluralism. I think everyone is ultimately better off with leaders who don’t want to murder the rest of the world for not following their beliefs, and I realize that democracy just gives another chance to let that happen.| MORE ›

As America goes to celebrate its independence tomorrow, another nation is getting ready to do that itself in just a few days. On July 9, the nation of Sudan will split in two: The Republic of Sudan in the north, and the Republic of South Sudan in the…well, south.| MORE ›

Who said miracles don’t exist? Liberal newspaper NRC Handelsblad published an article today in which it praises the Pope for his take on the AIDS problem in Africa. The headline: “factually, the Pope is right.”

The rest of the article explains that the Pope is right when he says that not the condom but monogamy will help Africa fight AIDS.| MORE ›