Yes, my CFRA appearance has moved from Friday at 1:30 to Wednesday at 12:30 at least for now.

“that native industry and perseverance common to all men when they are protected by a government which demands but little for its protection, when they are permitted to enjoy a system of rational laws founded on perfect freedom.”

J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur, Letters from an American Farmer

“that valuable if unconsidered thing that is one of the two for which civilization was principally originated, which are warmth and dryness...”

Lord Dunsany Up In The Hills

In my latest National Post column I say the short sad history of compact fluorescent bulbs shows how good government is at “picking winners”.

“The MIT Dictionary of Modern Economics calls opportunity cost ‘perhaps the most fundamental concept in economics.’”

Peter Shawn Taylor in Institute for Marriage and Family Canada Review Fall/Winter 2005

“The economist’s definition of scarcity is so broad that practically everything can be called scarce… Even if the air is free, we have limited lung capacity.”

P.J. O’Rourke Eat the Rich