In case you missed it, here's how the last seven days looked to Mark:
The week began with Presidents Day in the United States. Steyn celebrated with a musical cavalcade - 45 songs for 45 presidents: You can hear Washington to Cleveland here, and Benjamin Harrison to Donald Trump here.
~Outside the US, Presidents Day is just another Monday: Mark's Monday Notebook featured lunatic prosecutions in England and an unusually sane court verdict in Canada - plus Steyn in conversation with The National Post. Click below to watch:
Later, Mark joined Tucker Carlson on TV to discuss the new authoritarianism - and who's behind it.
~On Tuesday Steyn hosted a brand new Clubland Q&A, taking questions from Mark Steyn Club members live around the planet - on everything from American guns to Bermudan gays. You can hear the full broadcast here. For more on The Mark Steyn Club, see below.
~On Wednesday Mark highlighted two examples of the secular progressive European state's remorseless submission to Islam. It was our most-read piece of the week.
~On Thursday Steyn kept his regular date with "Tucker Carlson Tonight" to discuss CNN's fiasco of a "Town Hall" on the Parkland school shooting. Click below to watch:
~The week ended with a rare error at SteynOnline, as Mark accidentally skipped an episode in our current Tale for Our Time - adding an unnecessary and impenetrable plot complication to John Buchan's prototype man-on-the-run thriller, The Thirty-Nine Steps. Fortunately, we righted the ship, and you can hear all this week's episodes in order as follows: Part Three, Part Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, and Nine. And tune in tonight for Part Ten! Steyn Club Founding Member Debra Milligan is enjoying it:
Oh! What a corker! I have read this book twice and it is worth reading another time. Takes you back to a time that is no more. Which is what good fiction does!
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~Steyn's weekend column returned to the subject of the Florida school shooting, and the abysmal and disgraceful performance of the Broward County Sheriff. Our Saturday movie date also featured a police chief accused of doing too little, the Best Picture Oscar nominee Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
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Mark's cat album Feline Groovy: Songs for Swingin' Cats, featuring his own groovy feline Marvin on the cover, continues to attract dozens of five star reviews at Amazon. This week Zoe B is the latest to cheer:
Five Stars
Fun collection of parodies.
Thanks, Zoe. Glad you found it fun, but they're not "parodies" - Mark says they're sincere and heartfelt, and he means every word and note. Feline Groovy is available on CD - and, for instant gratification, via digital download from Amazon or iTunes. Or you can pick it up direct from the Steyn store.
A new week at SteynOnline begins tonight with a triumphalist edition of our Song of the Week.
