In my latest Epoch Times column I say it’s a revealing and very scary totalitarian detail that the “People’s Liberation Army” is a branch of the Communist Party rather than the Chinese government (with h/t to Clive Hamilton and Mareike Ohlberg’s Hidden Hand: Exposing How the Chinese Communist Party is Reshaping the World for this disquieting fact).
“the observable phenomenon that trees don’t grow to the sky.”
John Dizard (“Gekko”) in National Review June 2, 1997 on the perils of projecting trends forward
“Milton Friedman: … There’s a phrase written on the entrance to one of the social sciences buildings at the University of Chicago, which is the statement … Rose Friedman: If you can’t measure it, measure it anyway. Milton Friedman: Actually, it was: ‘When you cannot measure something, your knowledge is meager and unsatisfying.’”
An Economic Freedom of the World network meeting in 2001, quoted in Fraser Forum May 2002.
“In truth, the problems facing France are difficult, but not profound.”
News story in Globe & Mail May 7, 2007
If you’re concerned about good government and Western alienation, please consider joining us in Calgary this Friday and Saturday for the Economic Education Association of Alberta’s 2020 Freedom Conference “Firewall Plus: Alberta’s Options To Get A Fair Deal.”
We know a lot of people aren’t in Alberta or are concerned about traveling and gathering because of COVID-19. If you’re in either category, stay tuned for a virtual registration option. We hope to see you there, in person or on screen.
“In another illustration of dwarfed ambition, Whitby bills itself as ‘Durham’s Business Centre.’”
Christie Blatchford in National Post November 25, 2000
In my latest Loonie Politics column I explain how our finance minister can look so happy over his appalling fiscal “snapshot”.
“The measurement of outcomes in higher education is still in the dark ages. There’s still a very strong sense that universities are ultimately measured by the quality of their professoriate and their scholarly output, with relatively less attention paid to the quality of the student experience and the calibre of the learning that goes on. We profile creative and illustrious alumni, and we rub the latest prestigious report or ranking in our hair, but I worry that the actual serious measure of what we’re about is still in its early stages.”
University of Toronto president David Nayor in a Q&A with Kate Fillion in Maclean’s November 13, 2006