Mark Steyn discusses the culture of passivity and, as usual, nails it.

I have to say though, after reading this:

On September 11, 2001, the first individual to be named among the dead was the wife of the US Solicitor-General, Barbara Olson, whom I’d sat next to at dinner a couple of months earlier. On September 11, 2003, I woke to the news of the death of the Swedish foreign minister, Anna Lindh, whom I also sat next to a couple of months ago, at a conference.

As much as I enjoy his writing, I’d be a little nervous about having dinner or sitting next to him…