9/11: The Wake-up Call That Put Us to Sleep, Part I, Stealth Jihad
If you were young at the time of the 9/11 attack, you might not remember the sense of panic that swept the country immediately afterward. If terrorists could simultaneously hijack four airliners, reduce two of the largest buildings in the world to rubble, and inflict...
9/11: The Wake-up Call That Put Us to Sleep, Part I, Stealth Jihad
If you were young at the time of the 9/11 attack, you might not remember the sense of panic that swept the country immediately afterward. If terrorists could simultaneously hijack four airliners, reduce two of the largest buildings in the world to rubble, and inflict...
Recent Articles
How the Catholic Church Became a Defender of Islam
In the late 1930s Catholic historian Hillaire Belloc wrote: " It [Islam] is, as a fact, the most formidable and persistent enemy which our civilization has had and may at any moment become as large a menace in the future as it has been in the past…" It seemed an...
Losing Their Religion
From time to time, readers of my articles will ask: “What do you want to do—go to war with 1.7 billion Muslims?” The question implies that any criticism of Islam will force the members of this “peaceful religion” to respond with massive violence. More or less the same...
The West’s Last Chance?
Has it already passed? Those who make a business of projecting trends often neglect the acceleration factor. The march of history may be usefully described as “slowly” followed by “suddenly.” Yet we are rarely prepared for those times when history seems to...
Is Francis the Pope? Who am I to Judge?
In a recent Crisis piece, Dom Pius Mary Noonan, O.S. B. takes issue with Catholics who say that Francis is not truly the pope. It’s a critical issue because Francis doesn’t seem to have much longer to live. If there is doubt about his own validity, it may cast doubt...
