Kimball and Steyn on the end of the West - Wretchard [excerpt]


	Kimball and Steyn on the end of the West - Wretchard [excerpt]

Godfrey Daniel

7-17-2006 8:02 PM

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wretchard, steyn, roger kimball, culture rot, islamofascism, social commentary, lunatic left, eurabia

Godfrey Daniel says:

The two paragraphs clipped are each intros to segments featuring excerpts from the pieces and commentary by Wretchard, followed by closing commnetary and a quoted scene from 1984 that's chilling.

Excellent.

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