Do you see an alarming and deplorable creep of casual racism everywhere you look? I hear officials giving voice to sweeping generalisations and ridiculous characterisations that give succour and ammunition to those who are truly anti-Muslim or anti-Semitic; dangerous and indefensible views take root and spread in such carefree environments. Today there is Karel De Gucht, the European Union trade chief, spouting this: "Don't underestimate the opinion ... of the average Jew outside of Israel. There is, indeed, a religion, I can hardly describe it differently, among most Jews that they are right. So it is not easy to have...