Intrigue in the Judiciary

No sooner had I gotten done writing a report on corruption in the Czech bureacracy and judiciary than I came across this article about questionable judicial practices here. Whatever the particular ins and outs of this particular case, Czech officials certainly seem to be given the benefit of the doubt even when that might not be the smartest course of action. Not that such a practice is necessarily unique to the CR...

http://praguepost.com/articles/2008/03/05/supreme-court-allows-judge-to-stay.php

czech your thoughts here

Live in the Czech Republic? Spent some time there? Passed through there? Come on, you know y'all at least have a cool story about something you did in Prague. Or something you heard someone did in Prague. Whatever it is--feel free to post up some comments here!

The ugly side of democracy

Hopefully the absurdity inherent in a group of demonstrators needing to be outnumbered five to one by police officers in order to ensure both their safety and that of those looking on was not lost on the crowd which gathered to jeer this Neo-Nazi protest in Plzen. While no one ever likes to see such hateful speech on a public street, that's the tradeoff that comes with embracing a free market and liberal institutions--the government no longer reserves the right to tell its citizens what to believe. I'd like to think the Czech people feel better off now than 20 years ago even if they do have to deal with some occasional hate-mongering.

http://www.praguepost.com/articles/2008/02/27/neo-nazis-march-in-plze-surrounded-by-police.php