“Any transaction freely entered into must benefit both parties. Any transaction that does not would surely be rejected by the party whom it disadvantages.”

Mike Harris and Preston Manning, Building Prosperity in a Canada Strong and Free

In my latest National Post column I say the “Gilets jaunes” in France have legitimate grievances. But unfortunately not legitimate solutions.

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