“It is the duty of all men in society, publicly, and at stated seasons, to worship the SUPREME BEING, the great Creator and Preserver of the universe. And no subject shall be hurt, molested, or restrained, in his person, liberty, or estate, for worshipping GOD in the manner most agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience; or for his religious profession or sentiments; provided he doth not disturb the public peace, or obstruct others in their religious worship.”

John Adams in “Thoughts on Government, 1776” quoted by The Federalist Patriot “Founders' Quote Daily” (federalist.com) Nov. 21, 2005

“A cannibal is someone who gets fed up with people.”

#9 in “Gilbert’s Top 10 More Bad Puns” in Gilbert! magazine Vol. 6 #7 (June 2003)

In my latest Loonie Politics column I welcome the crowded field of contenders for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, because somewhere in the field they might be able to find a candidate whose policies are not berserk and who actually seems to like America.

“The modern artist, only too often, loses himself in seeking to find and fix himself; he imposes a fictitious self upon that unthinking real self which otherwise would be expressed freely. He has become an individualist, and ceased to be an individual. Nay, he has even become a madman in the most frightful and vivid meaning of the term. He has become conscious of his subconsciousness.”

G.K. Chesterton, “The Mirror,” in Alberto Manguel, ed., On Lying in Bed and Other Essays by G.K. Chesterton

In my latest National Post column I ask, regarding the Liberals’ SNC-Lavalin mess, how so many people go into politics with such good intentions and high ideals and so quickly become typical mindless partisan swamp-dwellers.

“A page of history is worth a volume of logic.”

Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, quoted by John Witte, Jr. in First Things March 2004