The Light that Shines in the Darkness
When Samuel Huntington wrote “The Clash of Civilizations,” he was referring to the clash between Western Civilization and Islam. But there is a clash within Western Civilization itself which may determine the outcome of the clash between Islam and the West. Mark...
Is Francis Really the Pope?
Why some say “no.” Many in the Catholic media tend to cover-up for Pope Francis either by putting the best possible interpretation on his actions or else by failing to report news that might be damaging to his image. One of the main stories that the Catholic media...
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?
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
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
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?
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...
Will Islam Convert the West?
The trans craze suggests that we are highly vulnerable. Kim Ghattas’s book, Black Wave, describes the revolutionary fervor which swept across much of the Muslim world in the wake of the Iranian Revolution of 1979. The movement was marked by the sudden reappearance of...
Have Catholic Progressives Gone Too Far?
Pro-LGBT bishops lose big in recent election. The bad news is that the lunatic fringe of the Catholic Church is no longer on the fringes. Each new day brings more evidence that the lunatics are in charge. Some examples? A drag queen activist lectures...
Priest Advocates Porn for Overstressed Clergy
Priests like Fr. Backhaus are no longer rare exceptions in the Church. Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse in the Catholic Church, Father Hermann Backhaus, a priest of the Diocese of Münster, Germany, proves you wrong. In a recent interview, Backhaus...
