In my latest National Post column I caution people who wish Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would “do something” about the crises facing Canada, from blockades to COVID-19 to the collapse of the Teck Frontier mine, that in his mind emoting is action. What we really need is for him to do something else.

“Don’t be afraid to speak up. Remember, whatever you say about the subject and however fallacious it might be, the same thing has already been said by some eminent economist.”

Ludwig von Mises, quoted from memory by Murray Rothbard in The Essential von Mises

In my latest Loonie Politics column I deny that the outgoing NL premier should feel “great” about his record given the state of provincial finances.

In my latest Epoch Times column I say the push to approve the use of Huawei equipment in our 5G network is a classic case of selling them the rope with which they intend to hang us.

“Displacement of ends by means: The desire for a powerful government in order to pursue certain goals seems to have given way to desiring certain goals because they require a powerful government.”

J. Budziszewski "Underground Thomist" email Feb. 25, 2019.

“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.”

This quotation is hard to source because it seems to originate with Roger Sessions in 1950. But Sessions said Einstein had said it "in effect" and since then it has been very widely attributed to Einstein because who ever heard of Roger Sessions (I hadn’t; turns out he was a composer) whereas Einstein’s the guy with the giant brain and hairdo to match. The Quote Investigator says while Einstein did express this idea at various times it is probably Sessions who, while deflecting the credit, actually created the concise, beloved and much quoted version above.