From The Politic, an interview with Paul Kennedy on threats to the West. The Unbound West: Today, thunderous matters of cosmic import: why has the West dominated scientific and technological advance practically forever? A review of The Threat to Reason: How the Enlightenment Was Hijacked and How We Can Reclaim It by By Dan Hind. A review of Toward The Light: The Story of the Struggles for Liberty and Rights That Made the Modern West by AC Grayling. From Taki’s Top Drawer, an article on a new humanism in Europe. Revisiting the Danish cartoon crisis: An interview with newspaper editor Flemming Rose. Islam and Europe: The Netherlands is at the centre of European argument about secularism, multiculturalism and Islam. A review of The Last Days of Europe: Epitaph for an Old Continent by Walter Laqueur. We find it hard to come to terms with the suicide of an acquaintance; how do we come to terms with the suicide of a nation?
