I think of Canada, first and foremost, in terms of space. The amount of space available is breathtaking.

In Holland I have seen well-meaning, principled people blinded by multiculturalism, overwhelmed by the imperative to be sensitive and respectful of immigrant culture, while ignoring criminal abuse of women and girls.

There is a huge difference between being tolerant and tolerating intolerance

There are some mosques with facilities for women; it's usually a back room with a back-door entrance.

If such a young nation as the U.S. could make it to superpower status, we could do it as well.

The veil deliberately marks women as private and restricted property, nonpersons. The veil sets women apart from men and apart from the world; it restrains them, confines them, grooms them for docility. A mind can be cramped just as a body may be, and a Muslim veil blinkers both your vision and your destiny. It is the mark of a kind of apartheid, not the domination of a race but of a sex.

Avoiding offense means that we don't accept each other as equals.