“Nothing is poetical if plain daylight is not poetical; and no monster should amaze us if the normal man does not amaze.”
G.K. Chesterton, “On Experience,” in All Is Grist, quoted in Gilbert! magazine Vol. 4 #3 (Dec. 2000)
In my latest National Post column I say calls to make handguns illegal in a city in response to criminals using illegal handguns for illegal murders make no sense.
“For Wit and Judgment often are at strife,/ Tho’ meant each other’s Aid, like Man and Wife.”
Alexander Pope “An Essay on Criticism”
“your father, who was as sensible as he was wise – and the two things do not always go together…”
Jethro (to Chebron) in G.A. Henty Cat of Bubastes
“the religious worldview conforms to the most successful plot device ever conceived – namely, a happy ending that blossoms from difficulties necessarily confronted and overcome.”
Huston Smith Why Religion Matters
Neddie Seagoon: "Any revenues from it, I'll split in two and keep both."
Dennis Bloodnok: “Well, one doesn’t get an offer like that every day.”
The Goon Show "The Great Regent's Park Swim"
In my latest National Post column I challenge those prone to declaring policy debates “settled” to tell us on which subjects, if any, an intelligent, decent person might have a different view from theirs.