My latest Loonie Politics column contrasts the justified praise of George Bush Sr.’s character when he passed away with the abuse heaped on him when he held office.

“pessimism is as likely to mislead a contemporary critic as optimism.”

Author’s 1914 Introduction to Albert Venn Dicey The Law of the Constitution

“Wealth as a whole consists in using things rather than in owning them; it is really the activity - that is, the use - of property that constitutes wealth.”

Aristotle Rhetoric Book I

In my latest National Post column I say the idea of a government cartel to reduce oil production in Alberta is at least as bad as it sounds.