In my latest National Post article I say Meghan Markle’s victim act is neither useful nor interesting.
“When one starts with the supposition that men are naturally good and virtuous, one inevitably ends by wishing to kill them all.”
Anatole France, quoted in William D. Gairdner The Trouble With Democracy
In my latest National Post column I call Justin Trudeau and his ministers cowards for ducking the vote on China’s genocide against the Uyghurs.
In my latest Loonie Politics column I ask federal Liberal MPs in particular to remember their principles while there’s still time to do something good for their country.
“If one’s view of human nature is very constrained, then the alternative to loyalty is not impartiality but pure selfishness.”
Thomas Sowell A Conflict of Visions
In my latest Mercatornet column I compare the re-impeachment of Donald Trump with some other examples of historical vindictiveness.
“They [the framers of the American Constitution] knew that rules of government, however brilliantly calculated to cope with the imperfect nature of man, however carefully designed to avoid the pitfalls of power, would be no match for men who were determined to disregard them.”
Barry Goldwater The Conscience of a Conservative
In my latest Mercatornet column I say Biden’s hackneyed Inaugural speech may do no harm. But it did not rise to the occasion like, say, Lincoln’s magnificent Second Inaugural and did not even really seem to try.