“no rational creature can be supposed to change his condition with an intention to be worse”
John Locke The Second Treatise of Government
“Economic activists are not irrational. When they are punished for success, they avoid success. When they are rewarded for success, they act more creatively.”
Robert Novak Will It Liberate?
In my latest National Post column, part of the paper’s “Serious Canada” series, I list the things a nation serious about its finances would do, and warn of the consequences if we don’t.
In my latest Mercatornet article I ask people who call themselves rational and civil to look at COVID-19 through some less politicized and more edifying lens than boo hiss down with Trump.
“I argue for a sober view of man and his institutions that would permit reasonable things to be accomplished, foolish things abandoned, and utopian things forgotten. A sober view of man requires a modest definition of progress.”
James Q. Wilson Thinking About Crime
In my latest National Post column I ask how we can be at yet another crucial “make or break” tipping point in the pandemic, and what exactly happens if we “make” it or fail to this time… and the next… and the next…