Happy Mothering Sunday to all our mums, mams and maters in the British Isles, Nigeria and various other parts of the Commonwealth. Here, at SteynOnline, we celebrate mothers as well as Laetare Sunday - a day of joy in the middle of Lent.

(Sadly, the political leader of a Christian nation apparently has other priorities.)

Please join Mark later today on Serenade Radio for Steyn's Song of the Week - now back at its usual time in the Western Hemisphere - 12.30pm North American Eastern (or 5.30pm British Summer Time).

Doug from California writes:

Thanks for stoking the fire Mr. Steyn, all the best to you and your team.

Here's a similar sentiment from Robert from Kentucky:

Love to Mark and staff

And a former member from Germany, Helge, has updated her membership:

Happy to be back in the Club!

And, we're happy to have you back, Helge! Thank you and welcome to you, Doug, Robert and all our new and returning members from Alberta, Arizona, Auckland, Berkshire, British Columbia, California, Clywd, Colorado, Dublin, Florida, Indiana, Lancashire, London, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New South Wales, New Jersey, New York, Northamptonshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Surrey, Texas, Virginia, Wyoming, and beyond.

One of the benefits of membership includes access to our extensive library of audio delights, including our very popular Tales for Our Time series beautifully narrated by Mark himself. Our current offering, "The Girl on the Boat" by P G Wodehouse (1922) may be enjoyed before turning in for the night or binged on your commute.

In last night's episode, the shameless Sam indulges in more degraded derring-do...

Meanwhile, in case you missed it, here's how the rest of week looked at SteynOnline:

~ In Steyn's Song of the Week, Mark told the story, via HRH The Duke of Edinburgh and the psychotic hoodlum Mad Frankie Fraser, of Ivor Novello and one of the loveliest and most English of spring songs: "We'll Gather Lilacs".

~ On Monday, I shared a Lawfare Guide to the most recent actions in Mann vs Steyn. Please stay tuned his week for more updates as certain filing deadlines approach...

~ In our most read piece of the week, Mark examined "Purpose vs Passivity" in the West. Will MAGA inspire MEGA? The member comments are particularly insightful on this one.

~ On Wednesday, Laura Rosen Cohen guest-hosted Clubland Q&A fielding questions on the Canadian elections and shared her thoughts on our old friend Andrew Lawton, who is the Progressive Conservative candidate for the federal Canadian riding of Elgin-St. Thomas-London South.

Laura also answered questions from Club members on Israel and DOGE to lighter fare on the latest movies and TV shows. In case you missed it, you can catch the action replay here.

~ Laura returned the following day with her round-up of excellent links from around the world. Plus, a charming video of RFK Jr and his lovely wife celebrating life on Down Syndrome Day.

~ Inspired by this week's Congressional appearance by the PBS and NPR chief executives, on Friday Mark shared a topical take on the subsidization of Sesame Street, a particular bugbear for him...

~ On this week's edition of Mark Steyn on the Town on Serenade Radio we have a brace of Number Ones from the Continent and the Commonwealth, the only Ulster-Georgian pop star, and Frank Sinatra gives us six lessons in the blues.

In case you missed it, Mark Steyn Club members can listen by simply clicking here and logging-in.

~ Later Saturday, Rick McGinnis shared his review of the cult film Mike Leigh's "Naked" (1993) in Rick's Flicks.

As mentioned at the top, a new week begins later today with Steyn's Song of the Week at Serenade Radio at 5:30pm British Summer Time/12:30pm North American Eastern.

This week, members from around the world will soon begin to gather in Barcelona in preparation for The Mark Steyn Cruise. If you are currently on our wait list - with your go-bag staged by the door - don't lose hope! Our partners at the Cruise & Vacation Authority are always scanning for last-minute availability on our ship and will be delighted to get you in under the wire, if possible. And, if not, there is always 2026! We look forward to seeing all our old and new friends on board very soon!

This week, Mark's brilliant narration of The Girl on the Boat, P G Wodehouse's comic romp of 1922, continued apace. Members who have yet to partake in the delights of our current Tale for Our Time are invited to log in and catch up here.

Speaking of members, here is what some of our new and returning members from Alabama, Arizona, Bristol, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Isle of Man, Kansas, London, Michigan, New York, Northamptonshire, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Western Australia, and beyond had to say this week...

From West Virginia, renewing member Karan says:

Thank you for sharing your supernatural intelligence and extraordinarily knowledge with the entire planet in a most informative and entertaining manner.

To South Yorkshire, here's Barry who has also renewed:

This site along with Leilani D, Eva V etc on X help keep me sane whilst my country disappears down an economic and cultural plughole thanks to chief censor 2TK and the lunatics currently in power. I was in my 20s in the 1970s. This is much worse...

And, new member Nancy hails from Ohio:

Giving myself an 89th birthday gift after years of Steyn admiration.

Happy Birthday, Nancy - and welcome! A membership in The Mark Steyn Club is the perfect gift for yourself or a friend.

Meanwhile, in case you missed, here's how the rest of the week looked at SteynOnline:

~ For Steyn's Song of the Week, Mark shared an enduring standard by Michael Carr and Jimmy Kennedy: "South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)".

~ In Mark's Monday Notebook, he weighed in on the Irish Question, the Statue of Liberty, Covid grifting and more...

~ In our most read piece of the week, Mark summed it up perfectly: "Judges usurp self-government; scientists usurp core liberties; and educators usurp parents..."

~ On Wednesday Mark fielded questions from Mark Steyn Club members live around the planet. This week's show covered a range of questions from the ongoing judicial coup in the United States to cultural differences on the Austro-Czech border. In case you missed it, here's the action replay.

~ Laura Rosen Cohen was back on Thursday with a fresh batch of links from around the world plus her observations on the welcome return of humor to the White House.

~ The De-Normalisation of Everything - including the continued torture of Tommy Robinson - was the subject of Mark's Weekend Notebook.

~ On this week's edition of Mark Steyn on the Town we're in a vernal mood with an especially springy Sinatra Sextet plus additional selections for the season from Johnny Mercer and Edvard Grieg, with side-trips to Sweden and South Africa.

~ Finally, this week, we celebrated the two-hundredth movie column for SteynOnline by Rick McGinnis - "A Connoisseur's Guide to Violence on Film".

It is a bittersweet marker of time... Our dear friend Kathy Shaidle hand-picked Rick to carry-on her column during her last days. And, since then, he has honored her memory with his perceptive and engaging take on film every Saturday night here at SteynOnline. Thank you, Rick!

A new week begins later today with Steyn's Song of the Week at Serenade Radio at 5:30pm UK time/ 1:30pm North American Eastern.

To help keep us going whilst we defend free speech, please consider a club membership for yourself or a friend. Please also check out our various free speech related merchandise and gift certificates available in the Steyn Store.

Oh, and don't forget that upcoming cruise in April. While we currently have a wait list, you can't go, if you don't play. If you are interested, please do give your name to The Cruise & Vacation Authority so that in the event a cabin does become available, you will be able to join us.

We look forward to seeing all our old and new friends on board!

It was a busy week at SteynOnline from the introduction of a new Tales for Our Time to a shock ruling out of the DC Superior Court...

Dan, a new member from Shropshire wrote:

Boyhood 'superfan' of Mark's, who set me on the path towards my middle-aged climate scepticism and anti-wokeism. The recent nonsensical judgment in favour of the Rat Mann in the defamation case stirred my rage in a way that's probably slightly unhealthy for a mildly obese 46 year old, so have decided to put my money where my mouth is an sign up as a full time Steynista...

Welcome aboard, Dan! Hopefully, the ruling to reduce the punitive damages by one million dollars to a mere five thousand and the following one sanctioning Mann and his lawyers for putting false evidence before the jury - has helped mollify that rage.

Renewing member John from Hampshire added:

Mark , ' Tho we are not that strength which in old days moved heaven and earth, that which we are, we are, one equal temper of heroic hearts '. Mark you are our Ulysses, defiant and magnificent in your autumn.

Laurel from Ontario has also renewed:

I am very grateful for Mark Steyn's insights on the issues ...usually well ahead of the rest of us. Bravo and God bless all you do. 3 John 2

Thank you, John, Laurel and all the members around the world for sticking with SteynOnline during this tumultuous time. As the verse Laurel cited says:

...I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

Meanwhile, in case you missed it, here's how the rest of the week looked at SteynOnline:

~ On Sunday, Mark asserted that Sir Keir Kisses Up to Cousins.

~ Later, Steyn's Song of the Week featured a quintessentially Canadian song: "How About You?"

~ In Mark's Monday Notebook, he surveyed the various regime changes in Canada and Syria...

~ On Tuesday Mark examined the world after democracy.

~ Mark returned to Clubland Q&A on Wednesday, fielding questions from Mark Steyn Club members around the world. In case you missed it, here's the action replay.

~ Laura's Links included coverage of the ruling above plus her round-up of links from around the world - and moments of human grace.

~ On Friday, Steyn weighed in on a lost West and what comes next...

~ Mark Steyn On the Town returned on Saturday to Serenade Radio. In case you missed it, the replay is available for club members here.

On this week's edition we have a cavalcade of Non-Stop Number Ones, some wild, some mellow, after which we take tea with lyricist Irving Caesar, and enjoy Frank Sinatra getting his Irish up.

~ Later Rick McGinnis reviewed Budd Boetticher's Decision at Sundown (1957).

~ As to the aforementioned Tales for Our Time...we invite Mark Steyn Club members to catch up with Part One and Part Two of Mark's brilliant narration. A new episode of "The Girl on the Boat" by P G Wodehouse airs this evening at SteynOnline.

A new week begins later today with Steyn's Song of the Week at Serenade Radio at 5:30pm UK time/ 1:30pm North American Eastern.

To help keep us going during this unending battle for free speech, please consider a club membership for yourself or a friend. Please also check out our various free speech related merchandise and gift certificates available in the Steyn Store.

Oh, and don't forget that upcoming cruise in April. The ship is almost sold out so please act now if you would like to join Mark and his special guests in Spain and Portugal aboard the beautiful Celebrity Apex.

Please note due to the time-change in North America, Steyn's Song of the Week will air on Serenade Radio for our US and Canadian listeners at 1:30pm Eastern for the next few weeks.

Welcome and thank you to all our new and renewing members from Barbados, British Columbia, California, Essex, Gloucestershire, Illinois, Kent, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, Netherlands, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New South Wales, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Shrewsbury, Texas, Virginia, Washington (the state not the diseased District of Columbia), and beyond...

Dennis from Massachusetts:

Hi Mark, back in the club after a hiatus. I so admire your stance for free speech. You are a brave and resourceful man. So glad that the free speech denier was denied that million dollar slap against you. Although I suspect, in your dark Canadian heart, that it was worth 1 million bucks to you just to get "tree ring circus" into the Zeitgeist. Keep it up, please. And thank you for all you do.

Mark from Ontario:

Original first year member. Drifted away, now returning to the fold!

Joe from Montana has also renewed:

Mark, Keep 'em flying! Like they used to say in WWII....

Here are some thoughts from new members:

Christopher from Cape Town:

I appreciate the articles which are perceptive and informative.

Beven from British Columbia:

I've been a fan since 1st encountering Mark's columns, if I recall correctly, in Ted Byfield's Western Standard.

And, Richard from Pennsylvania:

Mark you are now the indispensable man! I get more concise insight on the news from you than anywhere. Keep up the fight. Where can I sign up friends and family?

Great question Richard! Current members of The Mark Steyn Club benefit from special discounted price for gift memberships: $150. If you are a member, please log-in to your account.

Meanwhile, in case you missed it, here's how the last seven days looked at SteynOnline:

~ In Steyn's Song of the Week, Mark saluted the first ever song to win an Academy Award.

~ On Monday, Mark considered Europe's response to the Zelenskyyyy dust-up at the White House.

~ In our most read piece of the piece, Mark analyzed the "Moon over Mayfair" and being right twenty years too soon...

Later, I delivered the breaking news out of the DC Superior Court reducing Mann's one million dollar leftist jury verdict against Mark to a mere $5k.

~ On Wednesday Mark was behind the microphone fielding questions from club members around the planet. In case you missed it, here's the action replay.

~ Laura's Links was back on Thursday with Laura's round-up of links and moments of human grace.

~ On Friday Mark discussed "justice" on both sides of the Atlantic.

~ Mark Steyn On the Town returned on Saturday at Serenade Radio. We marked the sesquicentennial of a great composer, Maurice Ravel - plus "lounge soul" via South Africa, a big belter from the NYPD, and Sinatra goes country. In case you missed it, club members may access the replay here.

~ Later Rick McGinnis at Rick's Flicks reviewed "All the President's Men".

A new week begins later today with Steyn's Song of the Week at Serenade Radio at 5:30pm GMT/ 1:30pm North American Eastern.

To help keep us going during this unending battle for free speech, please consider a club membership for yourself or a friend. Please also check out our various free speech related merchandise and gift certificates available in the Steyn Store.

Oh, and don't forget that upcoming cruise in April. The ship is almost sold out so please act now if you would like to join Mark and his special guests in Spain and Portugal aboard the beautiful Celebrity Apex.

Welcome to our new and renewing members from Alabama, Alberta, Arkansas, California, Cheshire, Christchurch, Colorado, Florida, France, Hong Kong, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, New Hampshire, New South Wales, Northumberland, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Surrey, Tennessee, Utah, Victoria, Virginia, and beyond - including:

Joe from New South Wales -

Mark is, IMHO, one of the very best journalists on the globe. Please keep up the great work and best of health to Mark.

Cecily from Oregon -

Love Mark Steyn! Keep the insightful articles coming!

Lenny from Massachusetts -

Money well spent

And, new member Thomas from California -

I'm happy to find a way to support Mark, who I first encountered as guest host on Rush.

Thank you to Thomas, Lenny, Cecily and Joe! If your membership has lapsed or you have been thinking of joining, this is a great time to sign-up. One of the most popular benefits of membership is access to Tales for Our Time...

This weekend we reprised a bit of exceptionally frosty fiction from Jack London that also happens to be one of the greatest and yet simplest tales in all of literature. We invite members to log-in and enjoy part one and part two of Mark's captivating narration of "To Build a Fire" here.

Meanwhile, here's how the rest of the week looked at SteynOnline:

~ If you missed Steyn's Song of the Week last week on Serenade Radio, here's a chance to catch up via this SteynOnline premiere. In this show Mark told the story of Édith Piaf and what was, at the time, a most unPiaf song.

~ Mark's Monday Notebook analyzed the results of the German election.

~ It was "Moobs over Mar-a-Lago" in Mark's Tuesday Notebook.

~ On Wednesday Mark fielded questions from Mark Steyn Club members live around the planet. In case you missed it, here's the action replay.

~ Laura Rosen Cohen returned on Thursday with her round-up of links plus some human grace.

~ On Friday Mark weighed in on the swamp's treatment of the "Epstein list".

~ Later, I shared an update on Ofcom and their war on free speech.

~ On Saturday Mark reacted to Zelensky's disastrous visit to the White House.

~ In this week's edition of Mark Steyn on the Town, we marked the sesquicentennial of Bizet's Carmen - plus, from the 1960s, a global blockbuster, and Australians at the Academy Awards. Also: Sinatra sings Oscar winners.

~ In another nod to the upcoming Academy Awards, Rick McGinnis reviewed the Oscar- winning 1942 film "Mrs. Miniver" starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon.

A new week begins later today with Steyn's Song of the Week at Serenade Radio at 5:30pm GMT/ 12:30pm North American Eastern Time.

Interested in joining our upcoming cruise in April? The ship is almost sold out so please act now if you would like to join Mark and his special guests in Spain and Portugal aboard the beautiful Celebrity Apex.

This week marked the conclusion of our winter Tale for Our Time: Lord of the World by Robert Hugh Benson. This enjoyable tale has been brilliantly narrated by Mark himself. If you haven't yet, we hope you will check it out. Access to Tales for Our Time is one of the many benefits of The Mark Steyn Club:

Alyssa, a renewing member from California observes:

I appreciate all of Mark's efforts from the diverse content he offers driven by his many interests and areas of expertise, to his prescient views and opinions on world events. I consider him something of a modern day prophet. I hope he will continue entertaining and informing us for many years to come. Thank you, Mark!

A new member, Stephen also from California says:

Mark, Have for decades appreciated the immense value of your work for the side of all that is good and holy, and in the process enjoyed your singular wit. So I guess it's past time I actually do something to support your torrent of mostly sane observation in a world gone mad—right?

Denise from Idaho has also renewed:

You are one of the few who speaks the truth. I greatly appreciate the way you wrap it in humor. I'm usually laughing and wincing at the same time. God bless you and keep you. We need your voice of reason and truth.

Thank you and a warm welcome to Denise, Stephen, Alyssa and all our new and returning members from Arizona, Bristol, British Columbia, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New South Wales, New York, North Carolina, Ontario, Pembrokeshire, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wyoming and beyond...

Meanwhile, in case you missed it, here's how the rest of the week looked here at SteynOnline:

~ "Come Rain or Come Shine" by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer was celebrated in Steyn's Song of the Week.

~ Mark's Monday column included his observations on Europe, JD Vance's viral dressing-down in Munich, and more two-tier policing in the UK.

~ Mark also took time out to remember the loss - four years ago - of our beloved Rush Limbaugh.

~ Tuesday's column with the provocative title: Too Stupid Even for CBS News? was our most read piece of the week.

~ Clubland Q&A returned on Wednesday with Mark fielding questions from Mark Steyn Club members around the planet. Here's the Action Replay of the first half of the show.

~ On Thursday Laura's Links returned with her poignant observations and interesting links from around the world.

~ The devastating and shocking scenes of "Hamas on Parade" was taken up by Mark in his Friday column.

~ Mark Steyn On the Town returned to Serenade Radio on Saturday with replay available for club members here. On this week's edition we had a Commonwealth cavalcade of Non-Stop Number Ones - plus an exploration of Frank Sinatra, singer-songwriter; and a diverse range of artistes from Ruby Murray to Van Morrison, just to delineate the Ulster contingent. All leading up to the Big Finnish.

~ Later, Rick McGinnis reviewed "Twentieth Century" featuring John Barrymore and Carole Lombard.

A new week begins later today with Steyn's Song of the Week at Serenade Radio at 5:30pm UK time/ 12:30pm North American Eastern.

To help keep us going during this unending battle for free speech, please consider a club membership for yourself or a friend. Please also check out our various free speech related merchandise and gift certificates available in the Steyn Store.

Oh, and don't forget that upcoming cruise in April. The ship is almost sold out so please act now if you would like to join Mark and his special guests in Spain and Portugal aboard the beautiful Celebrity Apex.

Welcome to our new and returning members this week from Bedfordshire, British Columbia, California, Cheshire, Colorado, East Sussex, France, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Merseyside, Michigan, Minnesota, Netherlands, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Spain, Tennessee, Texas, West Sussex, Wisconsin, and beyond...

New member Earl from South Carolina says:

Always willing to support those whose voice is used in support of freedom and moral clarity.

Another new member Michael from Virginia adds:

I can get your writings without being a member. I am joining to support you. You sir are the best.

And, Kerry from Queensland shared this upon her renewal:

I joined to support Mark over the Michael Mann court case, I stayed for the club!

Thank you, Earl, Michael and Kerry! The club does have its benefits including access to our highly popular Tales for Our Time series. Our most recent, Mark's brilliant narration of The Lord of the World by Robert Hugh Benson, is perfectly timed to the events of the day. A new episode airs this evening right here at SteynOnline.

Meanwhile, in case you missed it, here's how the last seven days looked at SteynOnline:

~ If you missed last Sunday's airing of Steyn's Song of the Week at Serenade Radio, here is the replay of Mark's take on "The Folks who Live on the Hill" by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II,

~ Mark's Monday column - "The Racket in Plain Sight" - on USAid and more was our most read item this week.

~ In our second most read item of the week, it was another day, another child sacrifice for the diversity gods as examined by Mark.

~ On Wednesday Mark fielded questions from Mark Steyn Club members around the planet. This week's show focused mainly on the judicial coup presently underway in the United States. Plus, murderous medical staff in Australia to the US annexation of Canada.

~ Laura's Links was back on Thursday with her links from around the world plus some personal thoughts from Laura Rosen Cohen on the fragility of life and a call to pray for the hostages and the Peace of Jerusalem.

~ Friday was Make America Healthy Again! day at SteynOnline in celebration of the confirmation of our old friend of the show, Robert F Kennedy Jr, as Secretary of Health and Human Services. Godspeed Bobby!

~ Friday was also Happy Valensteyn's Day! If you missed it, do check out this timeless Mark Steyn Show special.

~ If you are a club member and you missed Mark's newish show yesterday on Serenade Radio, the replay of Mark Steyn On the Town is now available for stream/ download.

This week's edition of Mark Steyn on the Town goes Dutch and Kenyan - plus Linda Ronstadt, the Ames Brothers and Paul Whiteman with a cavalcade of Number Ones, and Sinatra sings the great iconic love songs of the last century.

~ Rick McGinnis returned on Saturday evening with his review of The Last Picture Show (1971) featuring Jeff Bridges and Cybill Shepherd.

A new week begins later today with Steyn's Song of the Week at Serenade Radio at 5:30pm UK time/ 12:30pm North American Eastern.

To help keep us going during this unending battle for free speech, please consider a club membership for yourself or a friend. Please also check out our various free speech related merchandise and gift certificates available in the Steyn Store.

Oh, and don't forget that upcoming cruise in April. The ship is almost sold out so please act now if you would like to join Mark and his special guests in Spain and Portugal aboard the beautiful Celebrity Apex.

Yesterday marked one year since six "climate change" believing District of Columbia jurors delivered their verdict that fake Nobel Prize recipient Michael E. Mann had not been damaged by Mark's post in 2012 re Mann's then employer Penn State.

Nonetheless, Mark was guilty of having been the longtime guest host for the late Rush Limbaugh...

In his closing statement, Mann's lawyer improperly urged the jury to set a punitive award to "serve as an example" to prevent "these attacks on Climate Scientists...". And, he compared "climate deniers" to so-called "election deniers" invoking the false narrative around January 6th.

Today those J6 political prisoners have been released (much against the wishes of certain dirty rotten corrupt DC judges). We continue to await Mark's release from an unconstitutional punitive award - and we continue to seek justice in the form of a sanction against Mann for presenting false evidence to the jury.

As renewing member June from Virginia urged:

Bravo, Mark, keep going!!

Thanks to June and all our new and returning members from Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Devon, East Sussex, Florida, London, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New South Wales, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Powys, Queensland, Rhode Island, Surrey, Texas, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Yorkshire, and beyond - he will and we will (here at SteynOnline) as long as possible.

As Alison from Kent observed:

It is difficult to keep up with all the interesting material available on the site.

Indeed, it is. That's why we present this weekly round-up. So, in case you missed it, here's how the last seven days looked at SteynOnline:

Mark's popular narration of The Lord of the World continues apace. Mark Steyn Club members are invited to log in and catch up here. A new episode will be available later today.

~ In Steyn's Song of the Week, Mark told the story of a one-hit writer whose song from a Princeton University revue went around the world and into orbit: "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)".

~ "The Future Showed Up" in Mark's Monday Notebook as he surveyed the scene on both sides of the Atlantic from extinct free speech in the UK to supposedly endangered Mexican beer in the US.

~ On Tuesday, Mark provided an update on the Koran-burner featured the day before and the Greater Manchester coppers' desire to upgrade his punishment to a death sentence. Plus Mark had word re USAid, the US Department of Education and our "Tranny of the Week".

~ Our Clubland Q&A returned on Wednesday with Mark fielding questions from Mark Steyn Club members live around the planet. This week's show focused mainly on Trump 47's continuing energy and the contrast with Europe. Mark also addressed the accumulating disclosures about the DC grifters on the take from USAid.

~ On Thursday, Laura Rosen Cohen declared, "It's simply glorious to see America roaring back with President Trump and his super duper, highly mucho mucho mucho improved staff and appointments, and the pace. Good gravy, the pace!!!" She speaks for many of us! In addition to reveling in all the winning, she shared her excellent round-up of links from around the world.

~ As we headed into the weekend, Mark reflected on the themes of his bestselling book America Alone through the lens of a recent interesting review. Plus, an update on Mann vs Steyn.

~ On this week's edition of Mark Steyn On the Town we played a song for the season, a song for Mata Hari, and songs for the protean concept album. Plus mambo meets calypso, and Marianne Faithfull - forsooth!

~ The Ghost and Mrs. Muir was a hit when it was released in 1947, the tenth-biggest grossing film of that year. Rick McGinnis reviewed it here.

A new week begins later today with Steyn's Song of the Week at Serenade Radio at 5:30pm UK time/ 12:30pm North American Eastern.

To help keep us going during this unending battle for free speech, please consider a club membership for yourself or a friend. Please also check out our various free speech related merchandise and gift certificates available in the Steyn Store.

Oh, and don't forget that upcoming cruise in April. The ship is almost sold out so please act now if you would like to join Mark and his special guests in Spain and Portugal aboard the beautiful Celebrity Apex.

Renewing member Russ from South Dakota writes:

Thank God for Mark!! Sane insight to the fall of civilisation along with some literary and musical entertainment along the way.

Juli from Minnesota, who is also returning says:

Mark is one of the most principled people I know. I appreciate his work and wish him nothing but the best.

Amanda from Texas has given herself a new club membership:

Happy birthday to me :-D

Happy Birthday Amanda and welcome to you, Russ, Juli and all our new and returning members this week from Alberta, British Columbia, California, Connecticut, Greater London, Greater Manchester, Hampshire, Indiana, Kansas, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Queensland, Texas, Thailand, Victoria, Virginia, Washington (the state not the district where justice goes to die), Wisconsin, and beyond.

If your membership has lapsed or you are thinking of joining for the first time, we invite you to sign up today!

Meanwhile, in case you missed it, here's how the rest of the week looked at SteynOnline:

Our latest Tales for Our Time - brilliantly narrated by Mark himself - continued this week. Robert Hugh Benson's Lord of the World - a novel published in 1907 - speculates about the state of the world a century hence - ie, right about now. Mark Steyn Club members are invited to log in and catch up here. A new episode airs this evening.

~ If you missed Mark's Song of the Week last week on Serenade Radio, here's a chance to catch up via SteynOnline. Mark tells the story of the world's most famous Neapolitan song from its origins in Napoli and/or the Ukraine to its multi-generational presence on the anglo pop charts. Plus, a special performance from our late friend Paul Sorvino.

~ On Monday, we took a look back at Holocaust Memorial Day of yore... and today.

~ Mark commented on Boris Johnson, Keir Starmer, "vaccines" and "grooming" in Tuesday's Notebook: appropriately titled "Aiding and Abetting".

~ On Wednesday, Mark returned to the Clubland Q&A microphone to field questions from Mark Steyn Club members around the world. This week's show focused mainly on the tremendous energy of the new administration, especially when contrasted with the bizarre priorities of Nigel Farage, busy this week denouncing the pardons of J6ers. Mark also addressed RFK Jr's plans to "Make America Healthy Again". Here's the action replay.

~ Laura Rosen Cohen reveled in "Trump 2.0" in this week's Laura's Links on Thursday.

~ Planes falling from the skies in DC - and now Philadelphia as well - was the topic of Mark's Friday and Saturday columns. Does nothing work anymore?

~ Mark Steyn On the Town returned on Saturday to Serenade Radio and later here at SteynOnline for those members who may have missed it. In this week's edition, Mark remembers Elaine Stritch, and plays a diverse range of vocalists from Luther Vandross and the Andrews Sisters to Neil Sedaka and Fiona Apple. Plus big hits from a small country and a Sinatra cavalcade of Rodgers & Hart.

~ Later Rick's Flicks reviewed classic film Young at Heart (1954) featuring Doris Day and Frank Sinatra.

A new week begins later today with Steyn's Song of the Week at Serenade Radio at 5:30pm Greenwich Mean Time/ 12:30pm North American Eastern Time.

For more details on The Mark Steyn Cruise (only a few cabins left now!) please visit the website or contact our travel partner - The Cruise & Vacation Authority - at 1-844-564-6317 or [email protected].

With Mark and his special guests, we will set sail from Barcelona on April 6th on Celebrity Apex. We look forward to seeing you on board!

Our friend Kathy Gyngell at The Conservative Woman sums up the last week perfectly:

While one side of the Ocean represented hope, the other side, here, revealed a horror that not even the worst of Trump derangement syndrome could deflect from...

A few years back, my local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) invited me to join them. Alas, I was too busy with court cases (still am). And, it seems even DAR has now been lost. (whilst altered birth certificates are not accepted for adoptees, they are accepted for those who would prefer to identify as a DAR than a SAR...).

This week while I toggled between inauguration events, tweet updates on the Southport killer case and the live-stream of the "UK Covid-19 Inquiry"/ Cover-Up, I was filled with gratitude that my ancestors came here to America and fought for the rights we are now reasserting with a vengeance - thanks to President Trump and his team.

There are many freedom-lovers among our ranks in The Mark Steyn Club and we are thrilled to welcome our new and returning members this week from Alberta, Australian Capital Territory, British Columbia, California, Cambridgeshire, Dorset, Essex, Florida, Illinois, Ireland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Nottinghamshire, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Suffolk, Tennessee, Texas, Queensland, Virginia and beyond...

Fraser, a new member from Suffolk (UK), writes:

I want to help support the costs of Steyn's free speech legal battles. Not only that, in my book, he is the key journalist all round of my generation.

Returning member Maurice from Ontario says:

Thanks Mark, Melissa, and all involved for the great and important work you continue to do. Thank you! :)

Cathy from Indiana has also renewed:

Not sure which part of the Club I like best! I enjoy the Q&A, the emails, the Tales for our Time, and the Poetry. Thank you for talking about the important things.

Speaking of Tales for Our Time, Mark has hit it out of the park again this week with his timely and spellbinding narration of the Lord of the World, Robert Hugh Benson's speculative fiction of 1907 about how our world might be a century hence - ie, right now. A new episode airs here at SteynOnline tonight.

Meanwhile, in case you missed it, here's how the last seven days looked to Mark...

~ Steyn's Song of the Week - on "Waltzing Matilda" is an adaptation from Mark's book - A Song For The Season.

~ "The peaceful transfer of power" finally arrived in "The Don's Early Light" on Monday.

~ Mark's Tuesday Notebook picked out some highlights from Inauguration Day.

~ On Wednesday, Mark returned to the Clubland Q&A microphone fielding questions from Mark Steyn Club members around the planet. This week's show focused mainly on the priorities of the forty-seventh president - and breaking news of the Diversity Stabbing of the Day in Germany. Which, as Mark noted, are both really the same story: immigration, and the right to talk honestly about it. In case you missed it, here's the action replay.

~ In Laura's Links, Laura Rosen Cohen reveled in President Trump's return south of the border.

~ At the start of the weekend Steyn's take on this week's diversity stabbings was our most read piece of the week.

~ On Saturday Mark Steyn On the Town celebrated Australia Day with songs from the Lucky Country, a cavalcade of Antipodean Number Ones, and a Down Under Sinatra Sextet.

~ Finally, Rick's Flicks took a look back at Jason Reitman's "Up in the Air" from 2009.

A new week begins later today with Steyn's Song of the Week at Serenade Radio at 5:30pm GMT/ 12:30pm ET.

If you are not yet a member of The Mark Steyn Club, we invite you to join today. The water's fine! And, speaking of water, it is also a great time to sign up for The Mark Steyn Cruise. We set sail in April with delightful stops in Spain and Portugal. We hope to see you on board!