Good Mark Steyn Interview

The National Post (Canada) has a good interview with fellow Canadian citizen, New Hampshire resident and columnist to the world Mark Steyn. Steyn is my favorite columnist on political and social matters, and the interview sheds a little light on Steyn's personality and beliefs. This passage ought to wake some people up:

LF Your book is very gloomy. After I read it, I glanced over at my three-year-old daughter and was filled with fear for her future.

MS Well, I'm in this for the three year-olds. My youngest child is six now, but my little girl and your little girl, when they're our age, they will find a large number of places in what we think of as the free world, the developed world, far less congenial than we would. I mean, you and I would think nothing of hopping on a plane, going to London, Paris or Berlin. Those are going to be very uncomfortable places for a young, middle-aged Western woman circa 2020, 2030, and it's precisely because we've taken for granted this very unusual period in history. We take it for granted that it's a permanent state of affairs. It isn't. It requires incredible vigilance and incredible effort to preserve it.

Read it here.