What a day! As many of you already know, Mark is one of the greatest orators and writers of this generation (and quite frankly of the last few generations). Or as "Rank" so eloquently stated on X/Twitter, "Mark Steyn is the best of men in the worst of times; we need him, but we don't deserve him." Mark's opening statement today at the Trial of the Century in the frozen tundra that is our Nation's capital was another example of his linguistic prowess. For the hundreds watching online and the too many to count who filled two courtrooms to support Mark and got to witness it firsthand, Mark led the jury through what this case is really about: corruption. The corruption of our institutions, our higher education system, our media, and sadly, our ...
Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer (and Bill Nye the Science Guy) at the Mann vs Steyn trial...
Amy K Mitchell's daily report from Steyn's trial in the District of Columbia Superior Court...
Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer on the first day of Mann vs Simberg and Steyn...
Jury selection in Mann vs Steyn is just twenty-four hours away...
Rick McGinnis on a most unusual Burt Lancaster picture...
Steyn on the world the "experts" have made...
Mark answers questions from Steyn Club members around the world...
Hello again and welcome back to another fresh batch of Laura's Links. It is absolutely freezing here in southern Ontario and I really feel like hibernation may be the best policy for the next few days at least. Unfortunately, there's no rest for the wicked and this week was just as busy as ever. Luckily, I still made time for my Jewish studies "chevrutah" (partnership). We have been studying Psalms together, and this past week we were looking at Psalm 26 and 27. In addition, the past few Torah readings are concerned with the Jews enslaved in Egypt, the rise of Moses as leader of the Jewish people, and the Ten Plagues. I thought I would share some of the insights from the late Lubavitcher Rebbe's commentary on the Psalms that I learned, and ...
Mark on a classic love song from a literal hillbilly songwriter...
Three-quarters of a century ago, the Billboard pop chart began the New Year with a Number One hit that was also on its way to winning an Oscar...
A SteynOnline tradition: our annual presentation of ancient scripture and brand new versions of favourite carols, from various members of the Steyn Show musical family...
A remote fantastical kingdom far from Europe's chancelleries of power... An unpopular monarch on the eve of his coronation... A ruling class of plotters and would-be usurpers... ...and a gentleman adventurer on holiday. No, not Ruritania in the nineteenth century, but the United Kingdom in the twenty-first...
Tales for Our Time returns with a Steyn take on an H G Wells theme...