2. American observers from Walter Laqueur, an academic, to Mark Steyn, a conservative
polemicist, argue that Europe is fast becoming a barren, ageing, enfeebled place.

美国的观察者,从学者WalterLaqueur到保守的善辩者MarkSteyn认为欧洲在很快变成不育,年迈,衰弱的地方。
3. Vergès may be a megalomaniac who is fascinated with the peculiar integrity of fanatics, but he's also a committed
polemicist with a deep compassion for political underdogs.

韦尔热斯或许是一个对狂热主义者那种异于常人的道德观着迷的自大狂,但他也是个对受到政治压迫的群体有着深切怜悯心的执着辩论家。