Links of interest for February 21st, 2008 through February 23rd, 2008:

• BBC NEWS | Europe | Guernsey | Sark agrees to switch to democracy
  - Politicians in the Channel Island of Sark have agreed to end the island’s feudal system of government which has been in place for the past 450 years.
• The Difference Between an Illegal Immigrant and Me by Robert Higgs
  - "…it is all too plain that many Americans are choosing to worship the state and to make a fetish of the borders it has established by patently unjust means."
• Rootless Cosmopolitan - By Tony Karon » Blog Archive » The Guilty Pleasure of Fidel Castro
  - A balanced appraisal of Castro’s legacy–and a commenter argues for the surprising possibility that Fidel inadvertently made possible the end of apartheid in South Africa!
• BBC NEWS | Technology | Brain control headset for gamers
  - Gamers will soon be able to interact with the virtual world using their thoughts and emotions alone.
• “Six Questions for Darius Rejali, Author of ‘Torture and Democracy’” by Scott Horton (Harper’s Magazine)
  - An interview with a leading expert on torture and its effect on victims, torturers, and liberal society