"Should a traveller give an account of men who were entirely divested of avarice, ambition, and revenge; who knew no pleasure but friendship, generosity, and public spirit, we should immediately detect the falsehood and prove him a liar with the same certitude as if he had stuffed his narration with centaurs and dragons."

David Hume in 1772, quoted by Robert Ardrey in The Territorial Imperative

With great pleasure I announce the release of my latest documentary. The Environment: A True Story compares the claims of global warming alarmists with widely accepted facts about the past history and present state of the Earth.

Thanks to hundreds of backers who made it possible, it is now available free on YouTube. Backers should hear from me shortly about getting their copies. If you didn't back the project but would like to purchase a high-res ad-free digital copy or order a DVD it will soon be possible via my online store.

Thanks again to everyone who made it possible.

"I find that a change of nuisances is as good as a vacation."

David Lloyd George, British Prime Minister (attributed, in reply to a question how he stayed cheerful, according to "Thought du jour" in "Social Studies" in Globe and Mail July 28, 2004)

In my latest National Post column I say the strong showing of the allegedly "far right" Alternative für Deutschland in the German election means you must either call one in eight German voters a neo-Nazi or concede that many normal people are deeply dissatisfied with politics as usual nowadays.

"As parents, we can have no joy, knowing that this government is not sufficiently lasting to ensure any thing which we may bequeath to posterity: And by a plain method of argument, as we are running the next generation into debt, we ought to do the work of it, otherwise we use them meanly and pitifully. In order to discover the line of our duty rightly, we should take our children in our hand, and fix our station a few years farther into life; that eminence will present a prospect, which a few present fears and prejudices conceal from our sight."

Thomas Paine in Common Sense, quoted in the "Founder’s Quote Daily" from The Patriot Post July 16, 2010

In my latest National Post column I ridicule McMaster University's policy of banning all smoking on campus, of anything, any way, as infantilizing and unscientific, two odd qualities for an institution of higher learning.

"What is history but the story of how politicians have squandered the blood and treasure of the human race?"
Thomas Sowell in Is Reality Optional?

"If you subsidize a thing, you’re going to get it."

Dinesh D’Souza in Chronicles magazine September 1991.