In my latest National Post column I argue against making the tax code even more complicated and unfair by extending charitable status in pursuit of social engineering.

In my latest National Post column I ask why, when budget projections are so reliably wrong, including this year's way-off deficit predictions and apparently next year's too, we nod solemnly at each year's pseudo-sophisticated decimal points and econometric analyses.

In my latest National Post column I urge Justin Trudeau and Bill Morneau to get out of hot water on taxes by simplifying the system dramatically because economically smart policy is also politically smart policy here.

In my latest National Post column I say tax reform would be easier to discuss and accomplish if governments weren't universally desperate for money. So arguably politicians and voters should give more thought to why they are.

In my latest National Post column I wish news stories would more often refer to government spending being cut, especially by contrast with the lurid and generally inaccurate "slashed".

In my latest National Post column I say departing Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall was a good man but not a great conservative.

In my latest National Post column I wonder how federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau can say such dumb stuff and how we're meant to communicate intelligently with him if he does.

In my latest National Post column I see worrying parallels between the federal Liberals and King James II on raising revenue without real Parliamentary consent.