I’ve got some links I’ve been meaning to post for a while, so I’d better get them up before the new year really gets going.

• Robert Levy, the most insightful national security analyst around, wrote a good articleon the troubling trends in civil liberties brought on by the Bush administration. Although the article is from mid-December, all the issues are still relevant.
• Some in the blogosphere have already praised Stephen Hicks’ article in TOC’s Navigator on free speech and postmodernism, but I thought I ought to chime in. I enjoyed his two lectures on the subject at TOC’s summer seminar. Those interested in more information on this subject ought to check out The Shadow Universityby Alan Kors and Harvey Silvergate.
• In case you missed it, go check out Chris Sciabarra’s article on Partisanship vs. Objectivity in Ayn Rand Scholarship. Speaking of partisanship, check out this monster of a biased review of Nathaniel Branden’s memoir and Barbara Branden’s biographyof Ayn Rand.
• A few weeks ago, Hanah Metchis pointed this interesting and long articleon the complexities of spousal abuse.
• In more recent fare, I am always gratified to learn yet another reason to love David Mamet. Gaining greater respect for the rationality of the dissident Iranian student movementisn’t so bad either!That’s all for now, but I’m sure more will follow!