What book, first published in 1929, predicted the rise of Hitler, the imminent closing of the American mind, multiculturalism, and resurgent Islam? The answer is Hilaire Belloc's Survivals and New Arrivals. This year marks the tenth anniversary of its republication for an American audience by TAN Books and Publishers. It remains a polemical gem, and as relevant as it ever was. Its thesis is certainly provocative: The foundation stone of Western Civilization is, says Belloc, the Catholic Church, no educated person doubts this; it is the source of truth, beauty, and freedom; and the best measure of the health of … Continue reading The Fighting Faith