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news/uk/home-news/maternal-instinct-is-extinct-for-one-woman-infive-743042.html.

107. Christina Hoff Summers,
The War Against Boys
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001).

108. Interview with Ross Robertson of
Enlightenment
, August-October 2008; available online at http://www.enlightennext.org/magazine/j41/mansfield.asp?page=1.

notes

383

109. Dennis Cauchon, “Women Gain as Men Lose Jobs,”
USA Today
, September 3, 2009; available online at http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-09-02-womenwork_N.htm.

110. Sara Murray, “Grads Head to College In Record Numbers,”
Wall Street Journal
, April 28, 2010; available online at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405

2 7 4 8 7 0 3 8 3 2 2 0 4 5 7 5 2 1 0 2 4 4 2 0 3 4 1 1 3 4 2 . h t m l ? m o d = W S J _ h p p _

MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsSecond.

111. National Center for Education Statistics, “Digest of Education Statistics 2009,”

Table 275, p. 400, April 2010; http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2010/2010013.pdf.

112. George F. Will, “The Basement Boys,”
Newsweek
, March 8, 2010; available online at http://www.newsweek.com/2010/03/07/the-basement-boys.html.

113. Ibid.

114. Keturah Gray, “Quarterlife Crisis Hits Many in Late 20s,” ABC News, April 21, 2005; available online at http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Careers

/story?id=688240&page=1.

115. George F. Will, “The Basement Boys,”
Newsweek
.

116. Kay Hymowitz, “Child-Man in the Promised Land,”
City Journal
, Winter 2008; available online at http://www.city-journal.org/2008/18_1_single_young_men.

html.

117. Ibid.

118. Ibid.

119. Peg Tyre, “Bringing Up Adultolescents,”
Newsweek
, March 25, 2002; available online at http://www.newsweek.com/2002/03/24/bringing-up-adultolescents.

html and http://www.hyper-parenting.com/newsweek5.htm.

120. Tom W. Smith, “The Emerging 21st Century American Family,” National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago, November 24, 1999; available online at http://cloud9.norc.uchicago.edu/dlib/sc-42.htm.

121. Gary Cross,
Men To Boys: The Making Of Modern Immaturity
(Columbia University Press, 2010).

122. Jenny Hope, “Concern as sperm count falls,”
Daily Mail
, (no date given); available online at http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-205209/Concern-sperm-count-falls.html.

123. Liz Hunt, “Sperm count drops 25% in younger men,”
The Independent
, February 23, 1996; available online at http://www.independent.co.uk/news/sperm-count-drops-25-in-younger-men-1320456.html.

124. Lester Haines, “Swedish lesbians suck sperm banks dry,”
The Register
, July 24, 2009; available online at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/24/swedish_

shortage/.

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125. “Hero students leap into river to save drowning woman . . . as police officers refuse to help,”
Daily Mail
, May 12, 2010; available online at http://www.dailymail.

co.uk/news/article-1277480/3-students-leap-River-Clyde-save-drowning-woman-police-REFUSE.html.

126. Richard Savill and Andy Bloxham, “Police unable to save girl from icy river because of health and safety,”
The Telegraph
, February 13, 2010; available online at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/7224051/Police-unable-to-save-girl-from-icy-river-because-of-health-and-safety.html.

127. “Police defend drowning death case,” BBC, September 21, 2007; available online at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7006412.stm.

128. David Lister, “Fireman faces punishment for risking his life in rescue,”
The Times
, March 26, 2007; available online at http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/

article1567322.ece.

129. Melanie Reid, “Firefighters left woman in mine shaft for six hours due to ‘health and safety concerns’,”
The Times
, March 3, 2010; available online at http://www.

timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article7047101.ece.

130. Edecio Martinez, “Seattle Bus Tunnel Beating: 15-Year-Old Girl Viciously Attacked, Guards Watched,” Associated Press, February 12, 2010; available online at http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-6197753-504083.html.

131. “Gunman massacres 14 women,” CBC, December 6, 1989; available online at http://archives.cbc.ca/society/crime_justice/topics/398/.

132. Ingrid Peritz, “Are we ready to relive the Montreal massacre?”
The Globe and Mail
, January 30, 2009; available online at http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/

are-we-ready-to-relive-the-montreal-massacre/article969167/singlepage/.

133. “Titanic hero apology cuts no ice,”
The Herald
, April 16, 1998; available online at http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/titanic-hero-apology-cuts-no-ice-film-executive-s-visit-too-little-too-late-1.346954.

134. Accident Investigation Board of Finland, “MV Estonia,” December 1997; available online at http://www.onnettomuustutkinta.fi/en/Etusivu/Tutkintaselostukset/

Vesiliikenne/MVEstonia.

135. James O. Jackson, Ulla Plon, and Bruce van Voorst, “The Cruel Sea,”
Time
, October 10, 1994; available online at http://www.time.com/time/magazine/

article/0,9171,981585-2,00.html.

136. “Montreal Massacre movie depicts killer as non-bearded non-Muslim for some wacky reason,” FiveFeetOfFury.com, February 15, 2009, http://www.fivefeetofury.

com/2009/02/7951/.

137. Paul Belien, “The Rape of Europe,”
The Brussels Journal
, October 25, 2006; available online at http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/1609.

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385

Chapter five

1.

Arnold J. Toynbee,
The Prospects of Western Civilization
(New York: Columbia University Press, 1949).

2.

“Britain makes final WW2 lend-lease payment,” InTheNews.co.uk, December 29, 2006; available online at http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/news/finance/

britain-makes-final-ww2-lend-lease-payment-$1034891.htm.

3.

Remarks to the House of Commons, London, England, November 10, 1942; available online at http://www.churchill-society-london.org.uk/EndoBegn.html.

4.

Daniel Hannan, “Happy Independence Day to all my American readers: keep the torch of British liberty aflame!”
The Telegraph
, July 4, 2010; available online at http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danielhannan/100046044/happy-independence-day-to-all-my-american-readers-keep-the-torch-of-british-liberty-aflame/.

5.

“China ‘will be the world’s biggest economy by 2027’,”
The London Evening
Standard
November 17, 2009; available online at http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/

standard-business/article-23770626-china-will-be-the-worlds-biggest-economy-by-2027.do.

6.

Rich Miller and Simon Kennedy, “Lawrence SummersG-20 Plans to End ‘Financial Balance of Terror’ After Summit,” Bloomberg News, September 27, 2009; available online at http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&s id=aVpPMKLa50rc.

7.

Ben Arnoldy, “China warships dock in Burma, rattling rival naval power India,”

The Christian-Science Monitor
, August 30, 2010; available online at http://www.

csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2010/0830/China-warships-dock-in-Burma-rattling-rival-naval-power-India.

8.

David Leonhardt, “The Real Problem With China,”
New York Times
, January 11, 2011; available online at http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/12/business/

economy/12leonhardt.html.

9.

William Matthews, “Chinese Cyber Attacks On Rise: U.S. Report,” Defense News, November 20, 2010; available online at http://www.defensenews.com/story.

php?i=3830559.

10.

Francis Harris, “Beijing secretly fires lasers to disable US satellites,”
The Telegraph
, September 26, 2006; available online at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1529864/Beijing-secretly-fires-lasers-to-disable-US-satellites.html.

11.

Paul Danahar, “Taliban ‘getting Chinese arms’,” BBC, September 3, 2007; available online at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6975934.stm.

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12.

Shaun Waterman, “China aids N. Korea, Iran with nuke advances,”
The Washington Times
, May 17, 2011; available online at http://www.washingtontimes.

com/news/2011/may/17/beijing-aiding-north-korea-and-iran-with-nuke-adva/.

13.

Ibid.

14.

Gordon G. Chang, “China’s Illicit Nuclear Transfers to Iran,” Hudson New York, April 12, 2010; available online at http://www.hudson-ny.org/1141/chinas-illicit-nuclear-transfers-to-iran.

15.

Sam Jones, “Geert Wilders anti-Islam film gets House of Lords screening,”
The
Guardian
, March 5, 2010; available online at http://www.guardian.co.uk/

world/2010/mar/05/geert-wilders-house-of-lords.

16.

Remarks made to the House of Lords in London, England, March 5, 2010; available online at http://www.geertwilders.nl/index.php?option=com_content&ta sk=view&id=1662&Itemid=1.

17.

Tim Shipman, “Barack Obama sends bust of Winston Churchill on its way back to Britain,”
The Telegraph
, February 14, 2009; available online at http://www.

telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/4623148/Barack-Obama-sends-bust-of-Winston-Churchill-on-its-way-back-to-Britain.html.

18.

“Cambridge University college renames ‘distasteful’ Empire Ball,”
The Telegraph
, February 12, 2009; available online at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

education/4604461/Cambridge-University-college-renames-distasteful-Empire-Ball.html.

19.

“London bomber video aired on TV,” BBC, September 2, 2005; available online at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4206708.stm.

20.

Tim Shipman and Gerri Peev, “‘They were lucky not to be shot’: Police chief says armed officers showed ‘enormous restraint’ as mob attacked Charles and Camilla,”
The Daily Mail
, December 10, 2010; available online at http://www.

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1337088/ROYAL-CAR-ATTACK-Mob-attacking-Charles-Camillas-car-lucky-shot.html.

21.

“Charlie Gilmour pleads guilty to student protest disorder charges,”
The Guardian
, May 6, 2011; available online at http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/

may/06/charlie-gilmour-pleads-guilty-protest.

22.

Julie Burchill, “Spare us these pampered protesters who riot in defence of their privilege,”
The Independent
, December 16, 2010; available online at http://www.

independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/julie-burchill/julie-burchill-spare-us-these-pampered-protesters-who-riot-in-defence-of-their-privilege-2161489.html.

23.

Rebecca Atwood, “Brown Targets Work Skills,”
The Higher Education
, July 6, 2007; available online at http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sto ryCode=209524§ioncode=26.

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24.

All data available online via http://www.ukpublicspending.co.uk/charts.html.

25.

Social Analysis & Reporting Division, National Statistics Quality Review Series, Report #31 (Office for National Statistics, London 2004).

26.

James Tozer, “Christian preacher vows to fight after he’s arrested for ‘public order’

offences after saying homosexuality is a sin,”
The Daily Mail
, May 3, 2010; available online at http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1270650/Christian-preacher-trial-public-order-offences-saying-homosexuality-sin.html.

27.

“Nursery alert for racist toddlers,” BBC, July 7, 2008; available online at http://

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7493654.stm.

28.

Luke Salkeld, “Flipping madness! Police offer free flip-flops to binge drinkers who keep falling over in heels,”
The Daily Mail
, November 27, 2008; available online at http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1089919/Flipping-madness-Police-offer-free-flip-flops-binge-drinkers-falling-heels.html.

29.

Nick Allen, “Man escapes jail for punching war veteran, 96,”
The Telegraph
, October 22, 2007; available online at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/

uknews/1566972/Man-escapes-jail-for-punching-war-veteran-96.html.

30.

George Jonas, “The Evil Men Do Lives After Them,”
The National Post
, October 16, 2000; available online at http://jeanchretien.libertyca.net/html/0072.html.

31.

David Millward, “Traffic wardens get head cameras,”
The Telegraph
, December 21, 2009; available online at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/

news/6840937/Traffic-wardens-get-head-cameras.html.

32.

Maxine Frith, “How average Briton is caught on camera 300 times a day,”
The
Independent
, January 12, 2004; available online at http://www.independent.

co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/how-average-briton-is-caught-on-camera-300-times-a-day-572781.html.

33.

John Steele, “Britain has worst drug addiction rate in Europe,”
The Telegraph
, April 19, 2007; available online at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/

uknews/1549028/Britain-has-worst-drug-addiction-rate-in-Europe.html.

34.

Steve Doughty, “Most teenage pregnancies now end with an abortion,”
The Daily
Mail
, May 11, 2009; available online at http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/

article-1180262/Most-teenage-pregnancies-end-abortion.html.

35.

Steve Doughty, “Single mother Britain: U.K. has most lone parents of any major European nation,”
The Daily Mail
, April 1, 2011; available online at http://www.

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