Wed, 28 Nov 2007
Bold as Brass
New Steyn, "Bold as Brass", is up at SteynOnline under "Steyn on Britain and Europe". The incipit:
The other week, in Wednesbury in the English Midlands, an unusual crime occurred. A thief passed down a residential street and methodically stole every single front door handle and house number. The victims discovered the burglary when they tried to leave their homes and found the door no longer opened. An Englishman's home may be his castle but if you can't let down the drawbridge it's indistinguishable from a dungeon.
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Sat, 17 Nov 2007
Styen on Thanksgiving
Vide. Choice quotes:
If America were to follow the Europeans and maintain only shriveled attenuated residual military capacity, the world would very quickly be nastier and bloodier, and far more unstable. It's not just Americans and Iraqis and Afghans who owe a debt of thanks to the U.S. soldier but all the Europeans grown plump and prosperous in a globalized economy guaranteed by the most benign hegemon in history.
Americans should, as always, be thankful this Thanksgiving, but they should also understand just how rare in human history their blessings are.
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Wed, 07 Nov 2007
The present-tense culture
A must-read: Mark Styen's essay Twenty years ago today. Hat tip: Eric Scheske.
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