A World Spinning Backward

by Doug Bandow
American Spectator
August 30, 2011

https://www.legal-project.org/1619/a-world-spinning-backward

Excerpt:

America's First Amendment helps safeguard something that is not only precious but rare.

Rather than celebrating the triumph of democratic capitalism, the world appears to be dividing between generally liberal Western-oriented states and a gaggle of authoritarian systems united only in their disdain for individual freedom and dignity -- and not just for democratic politics and free markets. A new study by the Pew Forum on Religion found increasing restrictions on religious liberty between 2006 and 2009.

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