by William Kilpatrick | May 20, 2025
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...
by William Kilpatrick | Apr 28, 2025
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...
by William Kilpatrick | Apr 23, 2025
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...
by William Kilpatrick | Mar 19, 2025
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...
by William Kilpatrick | Mar 12, 2025
I see that Ousseynou Sy’s sentence for attempted murder has just been reduced to 19 years on appeal. Ousseynou Sy? Perhaps the name doesn’t ring a bell. He’s the bus driver who set his bus full of children on fire two years ago. It happened on a highway near Milan,...
