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.

“what William James charitably called ‘earnest and helpless minds.’”

Daniel Boorstin The Genius of American Politics

“When good economists die, they come back as physicists. When bad economists die, they come back as sociologists. It is an old joke, but class envy is no stranger to academics: Everyone wants to go up-market in the rigour wars.”

Paul Kedrosky in National Review May 5, 2001

In my latest National Post column I say two elite liberal American journalists dividing $500 million by 327 million on national TV and getting one million dollars is both funny and tragic.

“The school budget crisis is reaching a critical stage.”

WGN (Channel 40 in Vancouver) News August 20, 1993

“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

“'You believe in God only because you were taught to believe in God in childhood.' Is that something like saying that I believe in arithmetic only because I was taught to believe in arithmetic in childhood?”

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