In my latest Dorchester Review article I say Mark Carney would make our politics worse not better.
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Substantive portion of email from “The Australian Plus” [TheAustralian@e.newscorpaus.com.au] February 9, 2023 [whereas my actual fridge (a) did not cost six grand (b) keeps food cool rather than curating my space and (c) would not express my unique style even if I had one]
“Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.”
Henry Ford, cited as standalone “WORDS OF WISDOM” in Epoch Times email teaser March 18, 2023
In my latest Epoch Times column I say Justin Trudeau’s partisan suspension of the carbon tax on home heating oil doesn’t prove his climate crusade is secretly a hoax, it proves he’s openly a very silly man.
“If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.”
Thomas J. Watson, quoted by Jeff Hayden on Inc. online (www.inc.com/jeff-haden/top-350-inspiring-motivational-quotes-to-tweet-and-share.html)
“I say you cannot really understand any myths till you have found that one of them is not a myth. Turnip ghosts mean nothing if there are not real ghosts. Forged bank-notes mean nothing if there are no real bank-notes. Heathen gods mean nothing, and must always mean nothing, to those of us that deny the Christian God.”
GKC, “The Priest of Spring,” in Alberto Manguel, ed., On Lying in Bed and Other Essays by G.K. Chesterton
“I won’t be unhappy to be out of the news and go from Who’s Who to Who’s He.”
Matthew Barrett on resigning as head of the Bank of Montreal, as the “Quote of the day” in Globe & Mail February 24, 1999
In my latest National Post column I say the best way to get universities to stop promoting malevolent radicalism and start teaching again, and to promote actual social justice as well, is to privatize them and see what kind of education the young adults who will supposedly benefit from it are actually willing to pay full price for.