You know the expression “you could have heard a pin drop.” That describes perfectly a National Review Cruise seminar in which our Jay Nordlinger interviews the West’s most authoritative scholar on Islam. Picture 700-plus people sitting in pure silence, not a cough or a rustle, intently listening to every profound word this profound man has to say. Hey, it’s happened – National Review has been quite fortunate to have the Good Professor join us on several previous voyages, and cruise alumni consider hearing from Bernard Lewis to be a singularly important experience. And for the upcoming 2011 Caribbean Cruise, can you picture a panel session of Bernard Lewis, Victor Davis Hanson, Andrew McCarthy, and John Yoo discussing terrorism, the poisoned wells from which it springs, and how the domestic battle against it is going? Well, that, and so much more, is what’s in store for the good folks who will be joining us on the wonderful trip, scheduled for November 12-19 on Holland America Line’s luxurious Eurodam. Sign up today – you can do that, and find complete information about the trip, at www.nrcruise.com.