"The first impression that one gets of a ruler and of his brains is from seeing the men that he has about him."
Machiavelli, quoted in Dan Rather The Palace Guard
"Men have forgotten God; that’s why all this has happened."
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in his 1983 Templeton Address re the disastrous history of Russia in the 20th century, quoted in Philip Yancey Soul Survivor
In my latest National Post column I say the debate on niqabs ultimately hinges on what human beings are, that they should have rights... or not.
In my latest National Post column I wish news stories would more often refer to government spending being cut, especially by contrast with the lurid and generally inaccurate "slashed".
Jesse Brown of Canadaland just posted an interview with me about The Rebel, Charlottesville and the state of public debate more generally. He and I certainly don't see eye to eye on a lot of things so I appreciate the opportunity to have a civil discussion about our disagreements instead of the sort of shouting match that too often erupts nowadays.
"When the economic chickens come home to roost, they tend to arrive in flocks."
Editorial in National Post August 12, 2015
In my latest National Post column I say compassionate, intelligent, constructive discussion of Confederate monuments must begin with forthright recognition that they celebrate racial slavery and bigotry.
In my latest National Post column I say departing Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall was a good man but not a great conservative.