In defence of my dear friend Mark Steyn by Conrad Black


It was a double honour to be asked to present an award named after one dear friend to another. Mark Steyn is as formidable a litigant as a polemicist, and I have no doubt that he will prevail, even in so uncivilized a forum as the courts of the United States. His courage and integrity, no less than his virtuosity as a writer and public speaker, and constancy as a friend, have earned the homage of all.