Doug Bandow

North Korea is an enigma at many levels. The Hermit Kingdom is famous for being a land without internet, but it is also a place where cyber-activism on behalf of freedom is being pioneered.

Not too long ago, no one would have heard of the plight of a Saudi teenager seeking refuge from family and cultural oppression in her home country. But the power of social media made Rahaf Mohammed al Qunun’s struggle into an international news story.

As media and political leaders increasingly embrace dehumanizing stereotypes of ideological opponents, America risks drifting down a dark path.

For an off-year election, turnout at the polls this week was high. But the lack of a decisive victory for one side or the other portends at least two more years of hyperbolic rhetoric, demonization of our opponents and a lot of partisan loathing.

The end is in sight for Iran’s mullahs. It may take years, but the demise of their oppressive theocratic regime is inevitable.

To decent human beings, death is a tragedy. To authoritarian regimes, it’s a strategy.

Female Genital Mutilation remains a scourge too often ignored in the #MeToo climate.

It doesn’t take rocket science to figure out that the Middle East is a mess. And that religion lies behind much of the violence.

Iran seems to be a perpetual case of the good, the bad and the ugly. Ugly is the regime, an extremist sectarian system that has caused untold misery to its own people and others. Bad is the challenge of dealing with a potential Iranian nuclear weapon.

Where injustice thrives in the world protests naturally follow. The latest explosion was in Iran. Although the grievances were diverse, the frustrations were great. Many risked their freedom and lives to take a stand.