Losing the Enlightenment
“A civilization that has lost confidence in itself cannot confront the Islamists.”

“So we have been given a reprieve of sorts with this war, to regroup; and, in our enemies, to see our own past failings and present challenges; and to rediscover our strengths and remember our origins. We can relearn that we are not fighting for George Bush or Wal-Mart alone, but also for the very notion of the Enlightenment — and, yes, in the Christian sense for the good souls of those among us who have forgotten all that as they censor cartoons and compare American soldiers to Nazis.

So let me quote Winston Churchill of old about the gift of our present ordeal:

“These are not dark days: these are great days — the greatest days our country has ever lived.”

Never more true than today.”

Spot on, as always.
Jenny Hatch