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After America

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by Mark Steyn


  68 Ronald J. Hansen, “Arizona children becoming more diverse, census report says,” The Arizona Republic, April 7, 2011; available online at http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/04/07/20110407arizona-census-results-diverse-kids.html.

  69 Brian Montopoli, “Obama Criticizes ‘Misguided’ Arizona Immigration Bill,” CBS News, April 23, 2010; available online at http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20003274-503544.html.

  70 RealityUncovered.net forum; comment available online at http://www.realityuncovered.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=1088&start=45.

  71 Note to Marquis de Lafayette, May 1807; available online at http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/napoleon/jefferson/c_jefferson3.html.

  72 Tami Luhby, “Maywood, Calif., to city cops and employees: You’re fired,” CNN, July 1, 2010; available online at http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/29/news/economy/city_fires_employees/index.htm.

  73 “Town creates sanctuary for illegal immigrants,” MSNBC, March 27, 2006; available online at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11964275/.

  74 Heather Scroope, “Suspect Pleads Not Guilty in New Jersey Students’ Execution-Style Deaths,” FOX News, August 10, 2007; available online at http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,292717,00.html.

  75 George P. Hassett, “Feds raid local shop; arrest one, The Somerville News, August 28, 2007; available online at http://www.thesomervillenews.com/archives/2934.

  76 Michelle Malkin, “Sanctuary Nation or Sovereign Nation?” MichelleMalkin.com, August 15, 2007; available online at http://michellemalkin.com/2007/08/15/sanctuary-nation-or-sovereign-nation-its-your-choice/.

  77 “Mexican Drugs, U.S. Markets,” NPR, April 17, 2009; available online at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103224933.

  78 Ken Ellingwood, “A side of Cancun not seen during spring break,” Los Angeles Times, March 2, 2009; available online at http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-mexico-cancun-drugs2-2009mar02,0,3441309.story.

  79 “6 bodies found in cave, 3 with hearts cut out,” Associated Press, June 7, 2010; available online at http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/7039966.html.

  80 Alfredo Corchado and Lauren Villagran, “Drug violence in Mexico hit new level of brutality in 2010,” The Dallas Morning News, January 1, 2011; available online at http://www.dallasnews.com/news/nation-world/mexico/20110101-drugviolence-in-mexico-hit-new-level-of-brutality-in-2010.ece.

  81 “Ciudad Juárez Hits 3,000 Murders in 2010,” FOX News, December 15, 2010; available online at http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2010/12/15/bordercity-hits-dead/.

  82 “Timeline: Toronto 18: Key events in the case,” CBC, June 2, 2008; available online at http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2008/06/02/f-toronto-timeline.html.

  83 Jim Benning, “In Tijuana, the Real ‘Nacho Libre’,” Washington Post, July 9, 2006; available online at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/07/AR2006070700419.html.

  84 “Headless, mutilated bodies hung from Mexico bridge,” Reuters, August 22, 2010; available online at http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/08/22/us-mexico-drugsidUSTRE67L1Y620100822.

  85 “Mexico arrests 14-year-old ‘drug hitman’,” BBC, December 3, 2010; available online at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11913976.

  86 Gustavo Ruiz, “Small-Town Mayor Stoned to Death in Western Mexico,” Associated Press, September 27, 2010; available online at http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=11739050.

  87 David Frum, “Mexico drug war a nightmare scenario,” CNN, January 3, 2011; available online at http://articles.cnn.com/2011-01-03/opinion/frum.mexico.risk_1_drug-violence-mexico-drug-war-mexican-born-people?_s=PM:OPINION

  88 Jason DeParle, “Struggling to Rise in Suburbs Where Failing Means Fitting In,” New York Times, April 18, 2009; available online at http://www.nytimes. com/2009/04/19/us/19immig.html?_r=1&ref=us&pagewanted=all.

  89 Mickey Kaus, “JournoList Revealed! Inside the Secret Liberal Media Email Cabal,” Slate.com, March 26, 2009; available online at http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/kausfiles/archive/2009/03/26/journolist-revealed-inside-the-liberal-mediaemail-cabal.aspx.

  90 Martin Peretz, “No Special Envoy, No Crisis,” The New Republic, March 23, 2009; available online at http://www.tnr.com/blog/the-spine/no-special-envoy-nocrisis.

  91 NAACP Urges Hallmark to Pull ‘Racist’ Card From Shelves,” FOX News, June 11, 2010; available online at http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/11/naacpurges-hallmark-pull-racist-card-shelves/.

  92 Jon Richards, editorial cartoon, The Albuquerque Journal, August 4, 2010; available online at http://web.mac.com/moviecritic1/Site/Cartoons.html.

  93 B.F. Skinner, Beyond Freedom & Dignity (Indianapolis, IN: Hackett Publishing Company, 2002).

  94 Graeme Wilson, “Tories face fury over air travel taxes,” The Telegraph, March 12, 2007; available online at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1545262/Tories-face-fury-over-air-travel-taxes.html.

  95 Pew Hispanic Center, “Unauthorized Immigrant Population: National and State Trends, 2010,” February 1, 2011; available online at http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=133.

  96 Victor Davis Hanson, “Two Californias,” National Review Online, December 16, 2010; available online at http://www.victorhanson.com/articles/hanson121610.html.

  97 “Politicians narrate Peter and the Wolf,” BBC, February 5, 2003; available online at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2730119.stm.

  98 “Sharks in Shallow Water,” New York Times, July 27, 2001; available online at http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/27/opinion/sharks-in-shallow-water.html.

  99 “Woman killed by cougar identified,” CBC, January 3, 2001; available online at http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2001/01/03/frost030101.html.

  100 Cory Ruf, “Coyote in Nova Scotia attacks sleeping girl, bites her head,” The National Post, August 10, 2010; available online at http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/08/10/coyote-in-nova-scotia-attacks-sleeping-girl-bites-her-onhead/.

  101 Craig Medred, ”Wildlife author killed, eaten by bears he loved,” Anchorage Daily News, February 5, 2003; available online at http://www.alaska.net/~jlanders/Fatal/Treadwell%20Huguenard%2010-05-03.htm.

  102 Ibid.

  103 “Flashdance for Boycott of Israeli Hummus Hits West Philly Supermarket,” PhillyIMC.org, October 26, 2010; available online at http://www.phillyimc.org/en/flashdance-boycott-israeli-hummus-hits-west-philly-supermarket.

  104 Jonathan Kay, “War within Pride leaves anti-Israel group on the outside,” The National Post, May 25, 2010; available online at http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/05/25/war-within-pride-leaves-quaia-on-the-outside/.

  105 “Ahmadinejad Blasts Israel, Denies Existence of Iranian Gays During Columbia Speech,” FOX News, September 24, 2007; available online at http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297823,00.html.

  106 “Profile: Mullah Mohammed Omar,” BBC, July 6, 2010; available online at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1550419.stm.

  107 Stephanie Chen, “Pressure for female genital cutting lingers in the U.S,” CNN, May 21, 2010; available online at http://articles.cnn.com/2010-05-21/health/america.female.genital.cutting_1_female-circumcision-cultural-beliefs-somaliimmigrant/3?_s=PM:HEALTH.

  108 Remarks during interview with lailatalqadr.com, October 4, 2001; available online at http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/533.htm.

  109 Elisabetta Povoledo, “Performance Artist Killed on Peace Trip Is Mourned,” New York Times, April 19, 2008; available online at http://www.nytimes. com/2008/04/19/theater/19peac.html.

  Chapter Seven

  1 “Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the UN,” New York Post, September 24, 2009; available online at http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/item_ix2gXkzh5VFshJUxxcb5HJ.

  2 Julian Borger, “Poll shows Muslims in Britain are the most anti-western in Europe,” The Guardian, June 23, 2006; available online at http://www.guardian. co.uk/world/2006/jun/23/uk.religion.

  3 Robert Mackey, “Is Ahmadinejad a ‘Gift’ for Is
rael?” New York Times, September 25, 2009; available online at http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/25/isahmadinejad-a-gift-for-israel/.

  4 Richard Ingrams, “Who will dare damn Israel?” The Observer, September 16, 2001; available online at http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001/sep/16/september11.usa19.

  5 Nick Collins, “Shark ‘sent to Egypt by Mossad’,” The Telegraph, December 7, 2010; available online at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/8185915/Shark-sent-to-Egypt-by-Mossad.html.

  6 Paul Schemm, “Bill Clinton: Mideast peace would undercut terror,” October 5, 2010; available online at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39522892/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/t/bill-clinton-mideast-peace-would-undercut-terror/.

  7 Remarks made on the Nine Network in Australia, October 2002; available online at http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/10/14/1034222719974.html.

  8 Ross Colvin, “‘Cut off the head of the snake’ Saudis told US on Iran,” Reuters, November 28, 2010; available online at http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/11/28/wikileaks-iran-saudis-idUSN2862745120101128.

  9 John Podhoretz, “The Danger of Normaliut,” Commentary, January 2010; available online at http://www.commentarymagazine.com/article/the-danger-ofnormaliut/.

  10 “2010 Arab Public Opinion Poll,” Zogby International, August 5, 2010; available online at http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/reports/2010/08_arab_opinion_poll_telhami/08_arab_opinion_poll_telhami.pdf.

  11 “2008 Annual Arab Public Opinion Poll,” Zogby International, March 2008; available online at http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/events/2008/0414_middle_east/0414_middle_east_telhami.pdf.

  12 Benjamin Weinthal, “‘Die Welt’: Iran building rocket bases in Venezuela,” Jerusalem Post, May 17, 2011; available online at http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=220879.

  13 Parisa Hafezi, “Turkey, Brazil seal deal on Iran nuclear fuel swap,” Reuters, May 16, 2010; available online at http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/05/16/us-irannuclear-deal-idUSTRE64F29P20100516.

  14 “Australia, China Conduct Live-Fire Naval Exercise in Yellow Sea,” The China Times, September 25, 2010; available online at http://www.thechinatimes.com/online/2010/09/41.html.

  15 “G20 to tackle US-China currency concerns,” BBC, November 12, 2010; available online at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11739748.

  Chapter Eight

  1 Xavier Sala-i-Martin, “The World Distribution of Income,” The National Bureau of Economic Research, May 2002; available online at http://www.nber.org/papers/w8933

  2 Virginia Postrel, “Economic Scene; The rich get rich and poor get poorer. Right? Let’s take another look,” New York Times, August 15, 2002; available online at http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/15/business/economic-scene-rich-get-richpoor-get-poorer-right-let-s-take-another-look.html?src=pm

  3 World Bank, “Gross national income per capita 2009,” 2010; available online at http://siteresources.worldbank.org/DATASTATISTICS/Resources/GNIPC.pdf.

  4 World Bank, “Country Eligibility for Borrowing from the World Bank,” 2005; available online at http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTABOUTUS/EXTANNREP/EXTANNREP2K5/0,,print:Y~isCURL:Y~contentMDK:20647778~menuPK:1606029~pagePK:64168445~piPK:64168309~theSitePK:1397343,00.html and http://www.freeworldacademy.com/globalleader/realworld.htm.

  5 Celia W. Dugger, “Unicef Report Says Children in Deprivation Reach a Billion,” New York Times, December 10, 2004; available online at http://www.nytimes. com/2004/12/10/international/10children.html.

  6 Mark McDonald, “‘Crisis Status’ in South Korea After North Shells Island,” New York Times, November 23, 2010; available online at http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/2orld/asia/24korea.html .

  7 World Bank, “GDP per capita (current US$),” 2011; available online at http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD.

  8 James Martin, The Meaning of the 21st Century: A Vital Blueprint For Ensuring Our Future (New York: Riverhead Trade, 2007).

  9 Fred Pearce, “When Britain’s taps run dry,” The Guardian, April 17, 2009; available online at http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/apr/17/australiamurray-river-water

  10 Alastair Jamieson, “‘Muslims want sharia law in Britain’ claim,” The Telegraph, October 15, 2009; available online at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/6334091/Muslims-want-sharia-law-in-Britain-claim.html.

  11 United Nations, “Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam,” August 5, 1990; available online at http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/publisher,ARAB,,,3ae6b3822c,0.html.

  12 Toby Harnden, “Barack Hussein Obama: US ‘one of the largest Muslim countries in the world’,” The Telegraph, June 3, 2009; available online at http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tobyharnden/9959057/Barack_Hussein_Obama_US_one_of_the_largest_Muslim_countries_in_the_world/.

  13 Stephen Schwartz, “Meet Sada Cumber,” The Weekly Standard, March 5, 2008; available online at http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/014/835mgwfz.asp.

  14 Christopher Caldwell, Reflections on the Revolution in Europe (New York: Anchor, 2010).

  15 Comment in the Vancouver Sun, March 18, 1965.

  16 Lewis Page, “Royal Navy won’t fight pirates ‘in case they claim asylum’,” The Register, September 25, 2008; available online at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/25/royal_navy_pirate_asylum_seekers/.

  17 Associated Press, “Pirates ‘Have All Died,’ Russia Says, After Decrying ‘Imperfections’ In International Law,” May 11, 2010; available online at http://www.cleveland.com/world/index.ssf/2010/05/pirates_have_all_died_russia_s.html.

  18 Pew Research Center, “The Future of the Global Muslim Population,” January 27, 2011; available online at http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1872/muslimpopulation-projections-worldwide-fast-growth.

  19 CNN, “U.N.: Earth’s population to hit 9 billion by 2050, 10 billion by 2100,” May 3, 2011; available online at http://articles.cnn.com/2011-05-03/us/united.nations.population.forecast_1_population-forecast-population-growth-fertility?_s=PM:US.

  20 Reuters, “Niger averts food crisis but faces population boom,” October 18, 2010; available online at http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/10/18/us-niger-foodidUSTRE69H22J20101018.

  21 “Niger’s starving children are dying as we speak, UN humanitarian chief tells world,” The Times, July 21, 2005; available online at http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article546355.ece.

  22 Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998).

  23 BBC, “One in four is Muslim, study says,” October 8, 2009; available online at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8296200.stm.

  24 Francis Gibb, “Rise in marriages between cousins ‘is putting children’s health at risk’,” The Times, March 20, 2010; available online at http://www.timesonline. co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article7069255.ece.

  25 Mark Bulstrode, “Muslim Peer in Marriage Attack,” The Express, January 30, 2011; available online at http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/226148/Muslim-peerin-marriage-attack-.

  26 Martin Amis, “No, I am not a racist,” The Guardian, December 1, 2007; available online at http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/dec/01/race.islam.

  27 Dipesh Gadher, Christopher Morgan and Jonathan Oliver, “Minister warns of ‘inbred’ Muslims,” The Times, February 10, 2008; available online at http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article3342040.ece.

  28 TED.com, “Hans Rosling’s new insights on poverty,” June 2007; available online at http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_reveals_new_insights_on_poverty.html.

  29 Ezra Levant, “Ezra Levant’s opening remarks to the Alberta Human Rights Commission,” The National Post, January 14, 2008; available online at http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/01/14/ezra-levant-s-opening-remarks-to-the-alberta-human-rights-commission.aspx.

  30 The Brussels Journal, “Jihad and the Collapse of the Swedish Model,” April 19, 2007; available online at http://www.brusselsj
ournal.com/node/2065.

  31 JihadWatch.org, “Dutch Justice Minister: ‘If two-thirds of the Dutch population should want to introduce the Sharia tomorrow, then the possibility should exist’,” September 13, 2006; available online at http://www.jihadwatch.org/2006/09/dutch-justice-minister-if-two-thirds-of-the-dutch-population-should-want-tointroduce-the-sharia-tom.html.

  32 Bruno Waterfield, “Geert Wilders trial suspended after he attacks judge,” The Telegraph, October 4, 2010; available online at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/netherlands/8041998/Geert-Wilders-trial-suspended-afterhe-attacks-judge.html.

  33 Lilit Wagner, “The escape from Holland,” YNetNews.com, December 17, 2010; available online at http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3998968,00.html.

  34 Allah.eu, “Amsterdam: Gay Hotel Turns Muslim,” October 2, 2009; available online at http://www.allah.eu/about-islam/amsterdam-gay-hotel-turns-muslim.html.

  35 Bruce Crumley and Adam Smith, “Sisters in Hell,” Time, November 24, 2002; available online at http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/2002/1202/crime/bellil.htm.

  36 Samira Bellil, Dans L’enfer Des Tournantes (Quebec: Editions Flammarion, 2003).

  37 James Chapman, “Women get ‘virginity fix’ NHS operations in Muslim-driven trend,” The Daily Mail, November 15, 2007; available online at http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-494118/Women-virginity-fix-NHS-operations-Muslim-driven-trend.html.

  38 Martha Nussbaum, “Beyond the Veil: A Response,” New York Times, July 15, 2010; available online at http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/15/beyond-the-veil-a-response/.

  39 Claire Berlinski, “Ban the Burqa,” National Review, August 16, 2010; available online at http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/243587/ban-burqa-claireberlinski?page=1.

  40 Robert Spencer, “The erosion of women’s rights in Egypt, illustrated,” Jihad-Watch. org, February 1, 2010; available online at http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/02/the-erosion-of-womens-rights-in-egypt-illustrated.html.

 

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