Right next to our college in India stood a temple dedicated to Rani Sati, a woman who committed sati—ritual self-immolation—sometime between the 13th and 17th centuries. The vagueness of the date is telling: Indians—like much of the Third World—did not historically maintain systematic records. The British compiled much of what is known about India’s past, including the lives of its so-called great kings. Civilizations such as Greece, Rome, and China preserved detailed historical records to extract moral lessons […]

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The National Human Rights Commission of India relies on the police version of events, often without conducting independent investigations of its own. Zeeshan Haider, a 50-year-old farmer was killed in an extrajudicial killing by Uttar Pradesh police. The “Encounter Raj” is rampant in Uttar Pradesh and NHRC is indifferent. I myself have filed complaints with the NHRC and UPHRC and even after they issue multiple orders for investigation, these are completely ignored by police. Follow me in my […]

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From the Tom Woods Letter: Auron MacIntyre, who’s been a Tom Woods Show guest several times, makes an excellent point about making our intellectuals into “content creators”: The right is facing a serious problem about how to handle its intellectuals. The left has the university, where it can assign smart people good-paying, high-status jobs where they can explore and cultivate ideas. The right has no similar institutions, so right-wing intellectuals end up in think-tanks or content production. This creates […]

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