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The Pope's visit to Germany seems very significant.

Dying?

The great Islamic breakdown in the modern world seem to involve at least two factors: 1) traditional Islam seems to have been inextricably tied to a specific culture, which is now at odds with the modern world, and 2) inability to educate.

Final calls

It is a fact that death gives life a beautiful seriousness.

No direction

It is hard to run a university in "the absence of any pronouncement that anything is more important than anything else."

"As dangerous as Osama bin Laden"

Iran and North Korea have one thing in common, they both have had extensive dealings with Dr. A.Q. Khan. Meet the "Father of the Islamic Bomb", a national hero in Pakistan, a nightmare for the rest of the world.

Marx for the 21st century

A good column by Rod Dreher on Qutb.

Barren

Yet another story on childlessness.

The Presidential Blog

The Iranian president last week launched a blog (www.ahmadinejad.ir). Not surprisingly, it’s generated the kind of buzz that most bloggers can only dream about.

Terrorism? What's That?

While terrorism may be the defining security threat of our time, the U.N. has failed - literally - to define it.

The fierce battle for Lebanon's soul

Before the war, half the Lebanese supported Hizbullah. Now more than 85 percent do.

The worst genocide ever

We must remember what the Khmer Rouge did 30 years ago.

Full circle

And finally, here comes the Chinese Capitalist-Communist Party. One just hopes that Karl Marx, somewhere, is watching.

Hope springs eternal

This columnist is convinced that "American elites are fed up with the dismal status quo in education" and they are about to turn against the teachers' unions.

"what else is there to see?"

This review of the last novel by John Updike captures well the symbiotic relationship between Islamist ideology and our own nihilism.

Mission

One can respectfully argue with Bishop Tessier that the proper task of the Church is to witness to Christ (i.e. make him visible), not to the "West." Properly understood, this witness is something much deeper and more important than "converting" people.