“Too large a proportion of recent ‘mathematical’ economics are mere concoctions as imprecise as the initial assumptions they rest on, which allow the author to lose sight of the complexities and interdependencies of the real world in a maze of pretentious and unhelpful symbols.”

John Maynard Keynes The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money

In my latest Epoch Times column I diagnose a strange ailment that makes Canadian public figures unable to hear or say words like “Taiwan” or “China” or to see misdeeds by the Communist regime.

“I would urge you to waste no time in making this candidate an offer of employment.”

Another double-edged letter of recommendation phrase found in multiple places online.

In my latest National Post column I take aim at the political habit of constantly praising diversity in theory while consistently trying to squash it in practice, including in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.

“He could not care less about the number of hours he had to put in.”

Another of the "He's an extraordinary man" style phrases to use in a two-edged letter of recommendation, this one for a lazy or unambitious person; it is on various websites but I do not know where it originated.

In my latest Loonie Politics column I say now is a very bad time for public sector unions to destroy gig-economy jobs.

In my latest Epoch Times column I say we should tackle economic and medical issues as though something else bad might hit us, even another pandemic, rather than returning to unfounded complacency.