“A man is destroyed by the inner conviction of uselessness.”
E.B. Schumacher Small is Beautiful
“For it is the nature of the many to be ruled by fear rather than by shame, and to refrain from evil not because of the disgrace but because of the punishments. Living under the sway of their feelings, they pursue their own pleasures and the means of obtaining them, and shun the pains that are their opposites; but of that which is fine and truly pleasurable they have not even a conception, because they have never had a taste of it.”
Aristotle Ethics
In my latest National Post column, I say the Prime Minister’s real problem in fighting to keep Enbridge 5 open is that he actually believes fossil fuels are worse than useless.
In my latest Loonie Politics column I praise Biden’s willingness to stand up to Russia and China, but condemn his belief that it requires adopting much of their big-government philosophy.
“This sort of thing happens because most people, if not all, although they wish to do a fine thing, choose the course that is profitable.”
Aristotle Ethics
In my latest National Post column I say the Liberals’ plan to censor social media is an unpalatable blend of arrogance and cluelessness.
In my latest National Post column I say the key question about Canada’s federal budget isn’t political but intellectual: Is this massive spending and borrowing spree based on sound assumptions about how the world works or not?
“In general, the thing that is most, sort of, rational and best for your own self-interest is to be nice.”
David Rand, “a Harvard biology graduate student researcher”, about a study he and professor Martin Nowak did involving repeated iterations of a version of prisoner’s dilemma, quoted on www.ctv.ca March 19, 2008