Mark Steyn sees more evidence of the decline of the West. He is the latest in a long line of people who have predicted the demise of our culture. This time, though, the trends seem to support the contention. Demographically, with Europe leading the way, we are headed for disaster. In the end, for a society to function, there needs to be enough young, working people to support the elderly. When the number of old folks using health and pension benefits exceeds the ability of working-age folks to pay, society will cease to function. We are seeing this in the looming fiscal disaster in Greece, which will be repeated in other European nations in the very near future, followed by America (unless we are saved by a huge new burst of economic growth). Ideologically, we are increasingly a society without any moral underpinnings. Since we don't believe in anything, we are not willing to fight for anything. Is there hope for the future?

Yes, because he is right when Nile Gardiner says Conservatism is the future of America. Ordinary people who believe in fiscal responsibility, among other things, can use the existing political system to sweep away the deadwood, if they can organize in sufficient numbers. That may be happening with the Tea Party movement, as traditional conservatives and libertarians, fearful of the suffocating nature of Statism, band together to fight back.

Meanwhile, Eleanor Clift says a Republican Congress would be good for Obama. I agree (as I said yesterday), and all indicators point to that result this November. If the GOP does take back Congress, and Obama plays it as smartly as Clinton did in 1995 and 1996, then he can win reelection.

Amir Taheri says many in the West are learning to love the idea of regime change in Iran, while Ralph Peters warns that the day of reckoning is approaching. Israel, facing an existential threat, is still the wild card.