In my latest National Post column I say the possibly entry of John Baird into the Tory leadership race as a self-proclaimed “true blue” candidate who’s also modern raises the question of what exactly he thinks he believes… if anything. OK. Never mind exactly. Can we at least get a vague notion?
“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.”
E.F. Schumacher, "Small is Beautiful" (August 1973).
BTW this statement is often attributed to Albert Einstein, an online quotation magnet (like Abraham Lincoln, who famously warned us "Don't believe everything you read on the internet just because there's a picture with a quote next to it).
In my latest Loonie Politics column I say the recent revelation that some 38 federal government departments mishandled over 5,000 sensitive documents last year tells us nothing we didn’t already know, and possibly less.
In my latest National Post column I say safe injection sites are too timid an answer to the harm done by the war on drugs.
“I feel his real talent is wasted here.”
What to say in a letter of recommendation for the office drunk, from Richard S. Zera Business Wit and Wisdom (also found on various websites - I'm not sure where it originated)