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Missionaries, not aid money, are the solution to Africa’s biggest problem—the crushing passivity of the people’s mindset. Before Christmas I returned, after 45 years, to the country that as a boy [...]

On December 1, 2009, Wafa Sultan and Daniel Pipes debated whether and to what extent a ‘moderate’ Islam is possible. Although both are opponents of Islamic radicalism, on this question they did [...]

A woman who is a neighbour of one of my colleagues home schools her three kids. She does a great job—except for one thing: She won’t let them read novels. At worst, they might be trashy; at best, [...]

Some time ago I worked as a journalist on a country newspaper. One of the numerous articles I wrote was titled “A taste for rats!” It began: In many schools they dissect rats, but at the X High [...]