About those riots in France, Bruce Bawer writes:
Disinclined to speak up about the Muslim immigrant problem, they cling to the hope that “things will settle down” and that their lives can return to normal … Such a stance by the general public during what is arguably the greatest ordeal France has ever faced … is dragging the Republic into a position of ever greater “laxity and submission” – which, unless the French surprise us all by finally waking up and taking action, is guaranteed, alas, to lead the land of Voltaire, Pasteur, and Flaubert to a highly predictable, and terribly tragic, end.