https://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/04/28/civilization_suicide_the_12ste/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 05:48:30 -0400<![CDATA[Bruce Bawer has a good piece in the current City Journal reinforcing the alarm against the progress of soft jihad&#8211;jihad, as I&#8217;ve written, that eschews &#8220;scimitars and their contemporary equivalents, e.g., stolen Boeing 767s&#8221; and instead &#8220;uses and abuses the language and the principles of democratic liberalism not to secure the institutions and attitudes that make freedom possible but, on the contrary, to undermine that freedom and pave the way for self-righteous, theocratic intolerance.&#8221;]]>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:19:08 -0400<![CDATA[Roger Kimball]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-kimball/2008/04/28/civilization_suicide_the_12ste-n114753