Defenders of Faith and Family

Defenders of Faith and Family

Like today’s leftists, the Ottoman Turks wanted to turn Christian children against their parents; but one man turned the tables on them. Christianity was saved in Europe solely because the peoples of Europe fought. If [Europeans]…had not possessed a military equality...
Assimilation in the Absence of a Shared Culture?

Assimilation in the Absence of a Shared Culture?

The real problem with multiculturalism. Was there a flaw in my argument? That’s what I wondered after submitting a piece to Front Page on the Islamization of Europe. I argued that several large European cities were nearing a population tipping-point after which they...
Upside-Down Land

Upside-Down Land

What happens when a civilization loses all of its reference points? I came across two stories recently that seem to be connected—if you look at them in the right way. By coincidence, the subject of the first story is…looking at things in the right way.  A German...
The Sterility Epidemic

The Sterility Epidemic

And its causes. Although Mark Steyn writes knowledgeably about a great many topics, he keeps returning to what he calls the biggest story of our time—the planet’s demographic death spiral. The decline in population is a global phenomenon, but it’s happening faster in...
The West’s Last Chance?

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...