In my latest National Post column I say the Canadian Prime Minister's inability to see the People's Republic of China clearly is not harmless naiveté.
"the real difference between man and other animals is that humans alone have perception of good and evil, just and unjust, etc. It is the sharing of a common view in these matters that makes a household and a state."
Aristotle, The Politics p. 60
If you're in Ottawa on Tuesday Nov. 21, I'll be speaking at a "Tories on Tap" event on taxation that evening. It's organized by the Ottawa Centre Conservatives and you can register here though as always I'm not appearing in a partisan capacity.
For the record, I'm a Whig. But I'll speak to anyone looking for good ideas in public policy.
In my latest National Post column I argue that our Prime Minister's inability to recognize evil and malice in the world is baked into his cheerfully daffy worldview.
"History, alas, has a way of hanging on."
Walter Russell Mead, Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How It Changed the World
In my latest National Post column I say the solution to mean-spirited echo chambers and fake news online is in the mirror.
In my latest National Post column I say the mass shooting at a Texas church does not validate arguments for gun control.
My latest Looniepolitics column says the surprising defeat of Montreal mayor Denis Coderre should have us paying more attention to Canada's cities.