In the Warsaw Pact, the state needed razor wire and armed guards. But in the west we're happy to build our own prison walls. Via our friend Marc Morano, here is the headline from a French poll: 41% des français favorables à la proposition d'un quota de 4

Just to tie together this week's big story with what we were focused on last week: The most demented people on social media are those who were offended by Laurence's Fox's comments about a female journalist yet celebrate women getting raped and murdered

I am a little calmer today, after my decade-delayed right to confront my accuser in court was thwarted by the dirty stinkin' rotten corrupt American "justice" system at the last moment. We have managed, finally, to secure seats on a flight out of this

Programming note: Tomorrow, Wednesday, I'll be here for our midweek Clubland Q&A taking questions from Mark Steyn Club members live around the planet at 3pm North American Eastern - which is 8pm British Summer Time/9pm Central European. Hope you can