In my latest Epoch Times column I ponder uneasily what George Washington, or indeed Sir John A. Macdonald or the Duke of Wellington, would make of modern politics.
“Aron Ralson, 27, of Aspen…. climbing Saturday in Blue John Canyon… in far southwestern Utah… a 500-kilogram boulder fell on him, pinning his right arm, authorities said. He ran out of water on Tuesday and yesterday morning... Using his pocketknife, he amputated his arm below the elbow and applied a tourniquet and administered first aid. He then rigged anchors, fixed a rope and rappelled to the canyon floor. He hiked downstream and was spotted at about 3 p.m. by a searchers in a Utah Public Safety helicopter.”
Ottawa Citizen May 2, 2003
“There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.”
Oscar Wilde, quoted as standalone “WORDS OF WISDOM” in email teaser from Epoch Times January 1, 2023.
“‘It’s corn!,’ ‘Dark Brandon’ and ‘girl explaining’: A look at the most notable memes of 2022”
Subject line/hed on email teaser from “NBC News Stop Stories” 23/12/22 [and noteworthy to me because I totally missed all three and wasn’t sorry]
“Why no singer has replaced Lady Gaga... early Gaga blew out the circuits of what pop once was. No superstar singer since her has been as thrillingly, commandingly meaningless.”
Email teaser from The Atlantic December 18, 2022
In my latest Epoch Times column I say we should get back to the values that made Canada great starting by celebrating them with gratitude on July 1.
“... the combination of planning, courage, error and pure chance by which great events are often decided.”
Opening text to movie Midway.
In my latest National Post column I say the “inclusive” teacher who told a Muslim kid to celebrate pride or get of Canada exposes not just reflexive intolerance but a deep, unresolvable contradiction in multiculturalism.