In my latest National Post column I say the bombing of an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester should remind everyone, including progressives, that Islamist fanatics do not hate our open society for being repressive or for defending itself. They hate it because it is tolerant. They hate our permissiveness. They hate us for who we are not what we do. And there is nothing we can do to appease them that would not be a fundamental betrayal of ourselves and our ideals.
In my latest National Post column I argue that forbidding "cultural appropriation" would stifle dialogue and sympathy.
“History to me is the story of people and how they lived, not just an endless story of dynasty and wars. They are a part of the story, of course…" Louis L’Amour Education of a Wandering Man
"What has happened, can happen." Aristotle, quoted by Conor Cruise O’Brien in The Siege (with specific reference to the Holocaust)
In my latest National Post column I praise Prince Philip for his character, modesty and acid wit, three things the modern world needs badly.
"As long as history is regarded as ‘philosophy teaching by examples’ drawn from real life, this tendency to write up the virtues of past ages will persist. So long also will classical scholars be tempted to seek to enhance the value of their subject by dwelling with enthusiasm upon the moral worth of the Romans." F.R. Cowell, Cicero and the Roman Republic