Almost by definition, secularism cannot be a future: it's a present-tense culture that over time disconnects a society from cross-generational purpose. Which is why there are no examples of sustained atheist civilizations. "Atheistic humanism" became inhumanism in the hands of… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
Much of America is now in need of an equivalent of Mrs. Thatcher's privatization program in 1980s Britain, or post-Soviet Eastern Europe's economic liberalization in the early Nineties. It's hard to close down government bodies, but it should be possible… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
Popular culture as a whole is popular, but in today's fragmented market it's a jostle of competing unpopular popular cultures. As the critic Stanley… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
“The populations of wealthy democratic societies expect to have total choice over their satellite TV packages, yet think it perfectly normal to allow the… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
For Al Gore and Paul Ehrlich and Co., whatever the problem, the solution is always the same. Whether it's global cooling, global warming, or… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
Sadly, a U.S. invasion of Iraq 'would threaten the whole stability of the Middle East' - or so Amr Moussa, secretary-general of the Arab… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
I don't think Donald Trump is a conservative. I think his line on China for example, that he's going to talk tough to China.… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
A big chunk of Western civilization, consciously or otherwise, has given the impression that it's dying to surrender to somebody, anybody. Reasonably enough, Islam… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
“But that's Islam in the third millennium: they want the certainties of seventh-century society with the conveniences of the twenty-first century.” — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
The progressive Left can be in favor of Big Government or population control but not both. The mutual incompatibility is about to plunge Europe… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
“But in practice the lack of belief in divine presence is just as likely to lead to humans avoiding responsibility: if there's nothing other… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
No family of an American hostage has ever been prosecuted for paying a ransom for the return of their loved ones. The last thing… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
“America is now a land that rewards failure--at the personal, corporate and state level. If you reward it, you get more of it. If… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
Obama's Nobel Peace Prize is an exquisite act of condescension from Norwegians, a dog biscuit and a pat on the head to the American… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
