Two million dollars per year might seem like an outrageous sum to spend so that one woman can safely stand at a university lectern and speak about the power of reason and the rights of little girls—and it is an outrageous sum and an outrageous circumstance. Whether covered by public funds (as it would be if the U.S. granted Ms. Hirsi Ali diplomatic protection) or by private donations, the expense of protecting Ayaan Hirsi Ali is not a luxury. It is a cost imposed upon our society by religious lunatics and their apologists. It is, of course, galling that a mere advocate of human rights and basic rationality should require special protection in the United States. But this is simply a fact of life in a world where freedom of speech and conscience falls ever more under the shadow of Muslim fanaticism. In my opinion, there is no one making a more heroic effort to change this fact than Ayaan Hirsi Ali.