“Western civilization is the greatest civilization that ever was, and we need the courage to say that and the courage to try and restore it.”

The new majorities in the UN have de facto created a kind of new international law that favors Islamic states.

If we help Christians to stay in their countries, we are helping peace and prosperity. This stability is also good for Europe: if countries are more stable and secure, fewer people will want to emigrate.

The unrest that represents Southport is a betrayal of the locals whose unfaltering kindness and care has been shuffled out of view.

It may be unfair to judge a centenarian by the events of just 4% of his life. But neither life nor politics is fair. Nor was the torment of the embassy hostages, the mass suffering of the developing world populations subjected to communism during his presidency, or the immiseration of tens of millions of Americans in his terrible economy.