Slavery had very little to do with the economic success of the West. Just look at the facts and figures and how much slavery actually contributed to development.

Not only is the West so successful economically, but it leads the world scientifically, and culturally.

By working and living in New York, you are breathing Western civilization, continuously reminded of its benefits and its values.

In Saudi Arabia, among other countries, Muslims are not free to convert to Christianity, and Christians are not free to practice their faith. The Koran is not a rights-respecting document.

I wish more people would belabor the obvious, and more often.

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness: this triptych succinctly defines the attractiveness and superiority of Western civilization.

Monotheism is in its turn doomed to subtract one more God and become atheism