Tune in later today at SteynOnline for a new installment of Mark's special audio adaption of his international bestseller "America Alone".

Richard from Queensland writes:

Hi Mark, (we met) on the Inside Passage Cruise. The cruise was in that bygone era, just before WuFlu sent any lingering faith in western democracies down the toilet.

The question I had in the Sky Bar was delivered on bended knee, as you were seated with friends, and it was the only way to converse above the general hubub. At the time, gender transitioning as opposed to good old fashioned cross dressing was just moving from a psychiatric condition to affirmation mode. Q:- "Do you think this represents the final frontier of your proposition that 'Sometimes societies become too stupid to survive'?"

The role of trans pathology in your coverage of the murder of Charlie Kirk, confirms that elite opinion still holds the transitioned are simply affirming 'their truth'. Thus, your suggestion that stupidity is ensuring Western Democracies are on course for oblivion, still holds. Your coverage, of the assassination, with relevant links is, as usual, so good, so far ahead of anyone else's, that I'm delighted to rejoin the club, and make retirement economies elsewhere.

Welcome back, Richard! We hope to see you on the next cruise too!

Jacob from New York has just joined:

I've been following you for over twenty years. Thank you for all you do, Mark. Sending prayers and best wishes.

And, Gerard from Illinois has renewed for the next year:

Happy to re-up! Thanks, Mark, for all the information and entertainment.

Thank you and welcome to all our new and returning members from Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Austria, California, Colorado, Florida, France, Georgia, Gwent, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Leicestershire, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Nottinghamshire, Pennsylvania, Queensland, South Australia, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin, and beyond.

Meanwhile, in case you missed it, here's how the rest of the week looked at SteynOnline:

~ On Sunday, Mark told the story of "Hey There" by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross in Steyn's Song of the Week.

~ Our most read article of the week was Mark's take on The War on Reality

~ On Tuesday, Mark discussed the recent Unite the Kingdom rally and Tommy's Triumph.

~ Mark was back behind the Clubland Q&A microphone on Wednesday fielding questions from Mark Steyn Club live around the planet.

This week's show covered a range of topics from the historic state visit by President Trump to the UK to the aftermath of the assassination of Charlie Kirk. In case you missed it, here's the action replay.

~ This week's Laura's Links including a beautiful tribute to Charlie Kirk in addition to her round-up of excellent links from around the internet.

~ On Friday, Mark considered a world "Beyond the Realm of Manners".

~ On this week's episode of Mark Steyn on the Town, Mark celebrated the centenary of a classic Broadway musical comedy and previewed the new album Frank Sinatra Sings the Non-Alcoholic Songbook...

~ Later Rick McGinnis paid tribute to Robert Redford who died earlier this week at the age of 89.

A new week begins later today with Steyn's Song of the Week at Serenade Radio at 5:30pm British Summer Time/ 12:30pm North American Eastern Time.

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