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Mark Steyn

A Se'nnight of Steyn: March 10 - 16

Happy St Patrick's Day to all our Irish readers. Mark will have a song for the season later.

Mark is now fighting on two fronts in the war on free speech, in London and in the District of Columbia. The legal expenses are extraordinary. If you are inclined and able, please consider the purchase of a gift certificate or gift membership for a friend or family member.

Meanwhile, in case you missed it, here's how the last seven days looked to Mark:

~ On Sunday Mark marked Oscar Night by celebrating an Oscar-winning song from the last nine decades, "Hooray for Hollywood", as Steyn's Song of the Week.

~ Earlier Mark shared an update on Mann vs Simberg & Steyn including his request for a new trial.

~ Mark weighed in on Ireland's rejection of two constitutional amendments designed to advance the country's progress upon what the Taoiseach calls "the pathway of liberalism".

~ In Tuesday's Notebook, Mark covered everything from the Balfour desecration to the proposed revival of Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Code.

~ On Wednesday's Clubland Q & A, Mark was back at the microphone, fielding questions on many topics, from the erasure of women to the weaponisation of American "justice".

~ Laura Rosen Cohen returned on Thursday with her famous links from around the world.

~ On Friday Mark tackled the long reach of AstraZeneca and its enabler, Ofcom.

~ A special audio episode of The Mark Steyn Show re the US "justice system" featuring Conrad Black started streaming at SteynOnline on Saturday.

~ Later Rick's Flicks reviewed Quadrophenia, a British film that revived the long-dead subculture it was about.

Tune in to Serenade Radio today at 5:30pm UK time/ 1:30pm North American Eastern Time for Steyn's Song of Week.

March 17, 2024 at 7:35 am  |  Permalink

A Se'nnight of Steyn: March 3-9

Happy Mothering Sunday to our readers in the British Isles, Nigeria and
various other parts of the Commonwealth.

You can support Mark's fight for free speech on both sides of the pond by purchasing a gift certificate in the Steyn Store or buying a gift membership in The Mark Steyn Club for a friend or family member.

Meanwhile, here's how the last seven days looked to Mark:

~Mark kicked off the week with the easy listening hate crime that is Tom Jones' "Delilah".

~On Monday, Mark looked at another loss for GB News against Britain's censorship commisars at Ofcom.

~In a Super Tuesday update, Mark warned of the United States military going Full Trans.

~Mark's Canadian compatriot Andrew Lawton guest hosted a live Clubland Q&A Wednesday, fielding questions from Mark Steyn Club members around the globe about Canadian censorship, globalist elites, and a few other odds and ends.

~Laura Rosen Cohen questioned where all the men went in her Thursday edition of Laura's Links.

~Mark recycled his decade-old (but still applicable) thoughts on the state of the State of the Union Friday as Sleepy Joe ambled his way to the podium.

Mark continued along the U.S. politics theme with a wide-ranging chat with former presidential candidate Michele Bachmann on the Mark Steyn Show, filmed live aboard the Mark Steyn Cruise.

~On the eve of the Oscars, Rick McGinnis kept our Saturday night movie date with a look at Frank Capra's Oscar-winning It Happened One Night.

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March 10, 2024 at 8:29 am  |  Permalink

A Se'nnight of Steyn: February 25-March 2

The Mark Steyn Cruise has returned to port after a week of relaxation, revelry, and review. If you missed out on the fun this time, make sure to check out the official Mark Steyn Cruise website to be notified when details about our next voyage are released.

You can support Mark's fight for free speech on both sides of the pond by purchasing a gift certificate in the Steyn Store or buying a gift membership in The Mark Steyn Club for a friend of family member.

Meanwhile, here's how the last seven days looked to Mark:

~The week began on a musical note with Mark's Song of the Week take on a song from the British West Indies, "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes".

~In his Monday notebook, Mark took aim at those who dismiss fondness for free speech as a mere "fetish".

~On Tuesday, Mark was reminded of a column he wrote a decade ago on the absence of the right from every societal space other than politics.

~Guest host Laura Rosen Cohen took the mic on Wednesday to host a live Clubland Q&A, fielding questions from Mark Steyn Club members on the decline of the American republic, Israel, and how the West is screwed.

~Laura returned Thursday morning with another batch of her famous links, covering everything from trauma and antisemitism to immigration and Sleepy Formaldehyde Joe.

~Mark shared on Friday a Mark Steyn Cruise role reversal as Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer took the stage and interviewed Mark.

~Rick McGinnis went full Hitchcock in Rick's Flicks this week, offering his take on The 39 Steps.

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March 3, 2024 at 7:40 am  |  Permalink

A Sen'night of Steyn, February 18 - 24

Support Mark's fight for free speech on both sides of the pond - purchase a gift certificate in the Steyn Store or buy a gift membership for a friend of family member.

Meanwhile, in case you missed it, here's how the last seven days looked to Mark:

~ In celebration of President's Day Weekend in the United States, Mark presented a Presidential Medley, Part One and a Presidential Medley, Part Two.

~ Also on the weekend, Mark analyzed the judgment against Trump and the right to appeal in functioning jurisdictions.

~ In Tuesday's Notebook, Mark surveyed A Strange Election (indeed).

~ Mark's live Clubland Q&A returned on Wednesday with Mark fielding questions on many topics, from the economics of the Ukraine war and the economics of a Boris Johnson interview to the separation of church and state and the heavy hand of American bureaucracy.

~ On Thursday Laura Rosen Cohen shared her famous links from around the world.

~ And, on Friday, Mark returned to the Trump judgment and The Spoils of Lawfare.

~ Rick's Flicks on Saturday featured The Big Chill - a classic film about the baby boomers.

Later today Mark returns for his Song of the Week at Serenade Radio at 12:30pm Eastern Time/ 5:30pm Greenwich Mean Time.

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February 25, 2024 at 8:37 am  |  Permalink

A Se'nnight of Steyn: February 11 - 17

We are grateful to welcome so many new and returning members to the club following the recent unconstitutional verdict against Mark. This support has lifted Mark's spirits whilst raising funds necessary for the appeal. If you are already a member, please consider gifting a membership or purchasing a gift certificate.

~ Steyn's Song of the Week on Sunday was devoted to "My Funny Valentine".

~ On Monday, Mark reviewed where things stand re: the judgment.

~ In Tuesday's Notebook, Mark lamented The Cost of Disagreeing with the Narrative.

~ Mark returned for a live Clubland Q&A on Wednesday - otherwise known as "Valensteyn's Day" - with the action replay posted here for those who were unable to listen live.

~ Laura Rosen Cohen's famous links from around the world returned on Thursday.

~ On Friday, Mark covered another courtroom drama - this time in Fulton County, Georgia - along with more reaction re the verdict against Mark from around the world.

~ Saturday marked three years since we lost Rush Limbaugh - and Mark took a moment to remember the great man who stood by him when it really mattered.

~ Later, Rick McGinnis returned with his review of the classic: "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?"

A new week begins later today with Steyn's Song of the Week at Serenade Radio at 12:30pm North American Eastern Time/ 5:30pm Greenwich Mean Time.

February 18, 2024 at 7:05 am  |  Permalink

A Se'nnight of Steyn: February 4 - 10

It was a big week at SteynOnline with continuing coverage of the last week of trial in DC culminating in a disappointing, but unsurprising verdict on Thursday. Subsequently, SteynOnline has been inundated with encouragement for Mark and inquiries as to how best to help. We invite those who are able and interested to consider buying a club membership for themselves or a friend - or a SteynOnline gift certificate.

The next steps will be undertaken by our able legal team headed by appellate lawyer Christopher Bartolomucci at Schaerr Jaffe - who was by Mark's side during the entirety of trial. Still pending before the court is Mark's Motion for Sanctions for Bad-Faith Trial Misconduct...

Meanwhile, in case you missed it, here's how the last seven days looked to Mark...

~ On Sunday - with a nod to Groundhog Day - Mark contemplated "Almost Like Being in Love" in Steyn's Song of the Week.

~ On Thursday, Laura returned with her round-up of links from around the world.

~ On Friday, Melissa Howes covered for an absent Mark, fielding questions on many aspects of global warm-monger Michael E Mann's victory over Steyn at the DC Superior Court.

~ And, on Saturday, Rick McGinnis shared his Saturday Night movie pick: "Night Moves" starring Gene Hackman.

In between, SteynOnline had wall to wall coverage of Mann v Simberg and Steyn including:

~ Amy Mitchell court reports on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

as well as popular daily reenactment from our pals Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer here, here, here and here.

On the other hand, if you are sick and tired of all the trial coverage and long for a return to more pleasant diversions, tune into Serenade Radio at 12:30pm Eastern Time/ 5:30pm in the UK for Steyn's Song of the Week.

February 11, 2024 at 7:51 am  |  Permalink

A Se'nnight of Steyn: January 28-February 3

At long last, Michael E Mann's lawsuit against Mark Steyn has gone to trial. Mark continues to be in the dock in courtroom 132 of the DC Superior Court in the nation's fetid capitol over a 270 word blog post from 2012 that called out corruption at Penn State - specifically its cover-up of serial paedo Jerry Sandusky and its likewise appalling cover-up of global warm-monger Michael E Mann and his fraudulent climate-change "hockey stick".

This should have gone to trial years ago - but sadly, Mark's then co-defendants went down the procedural bollocks road - depleting precious resources and time. Mark took a different approach. He asked to separate from them and go to trial immediately but was denied. Instead of resting on his laurels, Mark then used funds raised to undertake an exhaustive research project culminating in the publication of "A Disgrace To The Profession: The World's Scientists, In Their Own Words, On Michael E Mann, His Hockey Stick And Their Damage To Science - Volume 1 in 2015.

This compilation is available at the SteynStore. People can also support Mark's fight by picking up a SteynOnline gift certificate.

Meanwhile, here's how the last seven days looked to Mark...

~The week began with a recap from SteynOnline's in-house court reporter, Amy K. Mitchell, of the second week of the Mann vs Steyn trial.

Mark piped in with an aural diversion from litigation, a Song of the Week take on Burt Bacharach and Hal David's "The Look of Love".

~Mark kicked off week three of the trial with a Monday Notebook discussing the case's relocation to a courtroom with a functioning HVAC system and Conrad Black's likening of Mark's ordeal with that of Jordan Peterson.

Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer released a special edition of their hit Climate Change on Trial podcast featuring Mark's full opening statement.

Amy Mitchell's Day Eight court report covered off the conclusion of Mark's cross-examination of his accuser, Michael E. Mann.

~In his Tuesday update, Mark relayed the judge's growing impatience with irrelevant testimony from Mann's side, plus McElhinney and McAleer on Mann's failing grade.

Amy Mitchell returned with 'obfuscation' being the word of the day.

~On Wednesday, Mark wrote about Mann's expert-witness-that-wasn't, John Abraham, plus a Minnesota quorum and the Irish podcasting powerhouses' take on the previous day's events.

By the end of the day, Mann's lawyers had finally rested their case, with Amy Mitchell going into more detail about Abraham's voir dire and testimony, plus the beginning of the defense's case-in-chief.

~Mark shared the details of his and Rand Simberg's motions to have Mann's case tossed as a matter of law in his Thursday update.

Laura Rosen Cohen served up another batch of her famous links a bit later in the morning.

As week three concluded, Amy Mitchell's court report delved into the testimony of star defense witness Dr. Abraham Wyner.

~With the day off from being sued Friday (sort of), Mark returned to the microphone for another live Clubland Q&A. He fielded questions on a range of subjects from inside and outside the DC courthouse.

~McElhinney and McAleer's final episode of the week featured the beginning of Dr. Judith Curry's testimony; Mark also shared a bit of his Canadian colleague Andrew Lawton's confusion with how things 'work' in American courts.

To cap off the week, Rick McGinnis kept our Saturday movie date with Doris Day's big screen musical The Pajama Game.

If you are not yet a member of The Mark Steyn Club, we invite you to join here. We also welcome returning members. If you have forgotten your log-in or need other assistance updating your member details, please get in touch via email at [email protected].

February 4, 2024 at 9:05 am  |  Permalink

A Se'nnight of Steyn: January 21-27

At long last, Michael E Mann's lawsuit against Mark Steyn has gone to trial. Mark continues to be in the dock in courtroom 518 of the DC Superior Court in the nation's fetid capitol over a 270 word blog post from 2012 that called out corruption at Penn State - specifically its cover-up of serial paedo Jerry Sandusky and its likewise appalling cover-up of global warm-monger Michael E Mann and his fraudulent climate-change "hockey stick".

This should have gone to trial years ago - but sadly, Mark's then co-defendants went down the procedural bollocks road - depleting precious resources and time. Mark took a different approach. He asked to separate from them and go to trial immediately but was denied. Instead of resting on his laurels, Mark then used funds raised to undertake an exhaustive research project culminating in the publication of "A Disgrace To The Profession: The World's Scientists, In Their Own Words, On Michael E Mann, His Hockey Stick And Their Damage To Science - Volume 1 in 2015.

This compilation, along with our very own limited edition SteynOnline Liberty Stick - personally signed and numbered by Mark - are available at the SteynStore.

In case you missed it, here's how the last seven days looked to Mark:

~The Mann vs Steyn trial loomed large over the past se'nnight. SteynOnline's in-house court reporter Amy K. Mitchell kicked off the week with a catch-up of the week prior and a useful press roundup.

For an aural diversion, Mark decided this week warranted a classic love song rather than anything with a legal or climate theme, so he opted for Cole Porter's "What Is This Thing Called Love?" as his Song of the Week.

~On his way into the courtroom for Week Two of the trial, Mark shared some thoughts on Ron DeSantis' departure from the presidential race as well as some court updates, from Michael Mann blocking one of his witnesses to a no-name senator's shilling for Mann.

Amy Mitchell wrapped up Day Four by unpacking the testimony of Mann's hockey stick co-author, Raymond Bradley.

~Mark took the stand this week to field questions from Mann's lawyers, which Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer captured in their dramatisation of the trial Tuesday.

At the end of Day Five, Amy K. Michell wrote about Mann's lawyers' efforts to Fox-ify the jury's image of Mark in contrast to Mann's gazillion page CV.

~On Wednesday, Mark shared the latest podcast episode from Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer, documenting Mann himself taking the stand.

Amy K. Mitchell's Day Six court report looked at the smoking gun proof of defamation Mann has leveled – a dirty look he once got at Wegmans.

~In his Thursday update, Mark shared that he wasn't all that surprised by the admission that Mann hadn't spent a time on his legal representation.

As a break from the trial, Laura Rosen Cohen served up another batch of her famous links, talking among other things about Argentine president Javier Milei sticking it to the Davos elites.

By the end of Thursday, the trial had concluded its seventh day of proceedings (after, we remind you, a dozen years of waiting. Amy K. Mitchell's court report delved further into the Great Wegmans Glare, which Mark probed on cross-examination of Mann.

~With no court in session on Friday, Mark took the opportunity to host another live Clubland Q&A, fielding questions from Mark Steyn Club members around the globe about the trial mostly, but also various other topics from national borders to keeping contrarian ideas in play.

~The last episode of the week for Ann McElhinney's and Phelim McAleer's podcast trial coverage looked at Mann directing his snottiness towards Ann herself.

Rick McGinnis kept our Saturday night movie date with his take on Jacques Tati's Trafic.

If you are not yet a member of The Mark Steyn Club, we invite you to join here. We also welcome returning members. If you have forgotten your log-in or need other assistance updating your member details, please get in touch via email at [email protected].

January 28, 2024 at 9:42 am  |  Permalink

A Se'nnight of Steyn: January 14-20

At long last, Michael E Mann's lawsuit against Mark Steyn has gone to trial. Mark continues to be in the dock in courtroom 518 of the DC Superior Court in the nation's fetid capitol over a 270 word blog post from 2012 that called out corruption at Penn State - specifically its cover-up of serial paedo Jerry Sandusky and its likewise appalling cover-up of global warm-monger Michael E Mann and his fraudulent climate-change "hockey stick".

This should have gone to trial years ago - but sadly, Mark's then co-defendants went down the procedural bollocks road - depleting precious resources and time. Mark took a different approach. He asked to separate from them and go to trial immediately but was denied. Instead of resting on his laurels, Mark then used funds raised to undertake an exhaustive research project culminating in the publication of "A Disgrace To The Profession: The World's Scientists, In Their Own Words, On Michael E Mann, His Hockey Stick And Their Damage To Science - Volume 1 in 2015.

This compilation, along with our very own limited edition SteynOnline Liberty Stick - personally signed and numbered by Mark - are available at the SteynStore.

In case you missed it, here's how the last seven days looked to Mark:

~The week began Sunday evening with Mark highlighting Hill's "The Glory of Love" as his Song of the Week.

~With less than 24 hours until the trial's commencement, Mark shared some thoughts in his Monday Notebook about injustice in the D.C. courts and elsewhere.

~As the trial kicked off Tuesday, Mark weighed in on selective law enforcement and offered a look at what the week has in store.

Mark's colleague Amy K Mitchell entered the scene that evening with the first daily recap of Mann vs Steyn.

~On Wednesday, Mark shared Ann McElhinney's and Phelim McAleer's first podcast reenactment of the Mann vs Steyn court proceedings, featuring actors sharing key moments from each day.

In Wednesday daily digest, Amy Mitchell wrote about Bill Nye's attempts at juror persuasion.

~Mark celebrated – sort of – the completion of jury selection and the beginning of the trial's real business Thursday morning.

Laura Rosen Cohen swung by to serve up a batch of her famous links, covering perpetual jihad, the American Deep State, and Taiwan's middle finger.

Amy Mitchell's shared some of Mark's hit quotes from the trial in her Thursday recap, which closed out the first week of the case.

~Mark took advantage of having a court-free Friday to host a live Clubland Q&A, in which he brought listeners up to speed on the trial and also fielded questions on demographic destiny and the coming world war.

~On Saturday, we shared the third part of Ann and Phelim's serialization of the all-consuming trial, looking at a 'Nobel Mann'.

Amy Mitchell offered up a week-in-review of her own, including a press roundup of what others have said about the trial of the century this week.

Rick McGinnis kept our Saturday movie date with a screening of The Furies starring Barbara Stanwyck.

If you are not yet a member of The Mark Steyn Club, we invite you to join here. We also welcome returning members. If you have forgotten your log-in or need other assistance updating your member details, please get in touch via email at [email protected].

January 21, 2024 at 8:12 am  |  Permalink

A Se'nnight of Steyn: January 7-13

In two days - assuming there isn't yet another last-minute cancellation - Mark will be in the dock in courtroom 518 of the DC Superior Court in the nation's fetid capitol over a 270 word blog post from 2012 that called out corruption at Penn State - specifically its cover-up of serial paedo Jerry Sandusky and its likewise appalling cover-up of global warm-monger Michael E Mann and his fraudulent climate-change "hockey stick".

This should have gone to trial years ago - but sadly, Mark's then co-defendants went down the procedural bollocks road - depleting precious resources and time. Mark took a different approach. He asked to separate from them and go to trial immediately but was denied. Instead of resting on his laurels, Mark then used funds raised to undertake an exhaustive research project culminating in the publication of "A Disgrace To The Profession: The World's Scientists, In Their Own Words, On Michael E Mann, His Hockey Stick And Their Damage To Science - Volume 1 in 2015.

This compilation, along with our very own limited edition SteynOnline Liberty Stick - personally signed and numbered by Mark - are available at the SteynStore.

But it's not all hugely expensive legal undertakings at SteynOnline... in case you missed it, here's how the last seven days looked to Mark:

~The week began with Mark's take on the bouncy "Buttons and Bows" as his Song of the Week.

~On Monday, with eight days to go until jury selection, Mark wrote in his Monday Notebook about Joe Biden's "Feast of the Insurrection" address and the perils of multiculturalism.

~Mark tackled rule by experts and the curious case of "cause unknown" in his Tuesday piece.

~Mark returned to the microphone Wednesday for another live Clubland Q&A, fielding questions from Mark Steyn Club members around the world about upcoming court appearances in Washington and London, superheroes on the big screen, and the shrunken political stage.

~Laura Rosen Cohen served up a fresh batch of her famous links Thursday morning, unpacking Britain's colonisation, the genocide of Christians in Africa, and good people doing good things.

~In his Weekend Notebook on Friday, Mark looked at a Showboating Judge v Donald Trump, incendiary buses in London, and the unreported story of our time.

~Keeping our Saturday movie date, Rick McGinnis screened an Italian epic that epically flopped, The Leopard, starring Bruce Lancaster.

If you are not yet a member of The Mark Steyn Club, we invite you to join here. We also welcome returning members. If you have forgotten your log-in or need other assistance updating your member details, please get in touch via email at [email protected].

January 14, 2024 at 5:49 am  |  Permalink

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