"I think, therefore I'm guilty"

"Too often, we in America hear warnings about government creeping toward "Big Brother". Many a time, the shriek is shrill, resulting in our guards being lowered. After all, we live in a democratic society. "Thought Police"? Get real, many say. Well, one of Britain's most respected columnists is now sounding the alarm about her country. These chilling words deserve to be read, particularly by people of faith who may have grown complacent."

By Melanie Phillips

"Everyone can agree that today's Britain — which we're always being told has become so much more liberal — is the very model of a forward-looking, tolerant society in which freedom of expression is paramount. Correct?

If only. In fact, the intellectual trend in Britain is a remorseless slide towards a dark age of intolerance, reverting to a reason-suppressing, heresy-hunting culture in which certain opinions are being turned into thought crimes."