In my latest National Post column I lament that the Speaker of the BC legislature seems to have become just one more partisan tool for control of the executive branch instead of a bulwark of legislative independence in defence of self-government.
My latest piece in MercatorNet, based on a speech to the Augustine College Summer Conference (and an earlier National Post column and upcoming Dorchester Review article) asks how a society as devoted to "choice" as our own can at the same time so relentlessly restrict choice.
John Robson of TheRebel.media looks back on Richard I becoming King of England. MORE: https://www.therebel.media/today_in_history_up_and_down_with_richard_the_lionheart_1189 Subscribe to the Rebel's YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/RebelMediaTV PLUS http://www.Facebook.com/JoinTheRebel *** http://www.Twitter.com/TheRebelTV More from John Robson: https://thejohnrobson.com/
"history is little more than the Newgate calendar of nations"
Herbert Spencer, quoted by Will Durant The Story of Philosophy
"America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand."
Harry S. Truman (displayed on the hoarding around a construction site in Philadelphia Sept. 12 2016
"Canada is free and freedom is its nationality"
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, quoted in Brian Lee Crowley Fearful Symmetry
In my latest National Post column I caution aboriginal militants against putting forward apparently insatiable demands in an insensitive, arrogant tone.
John Robson of TheRebel.media looks back on the first flight from California to Hawaii, and how rapid technological advancements can have dire consequences for humanity. MORE: https://www.therebel.media/today_in_history_progress_flies_relentlessly_on Subscribe to the Rebel's YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/RebelMediaTV PLUS http://www.Facebook.com/JoinTheRebel *** http://www.Twitter.com/TheRebelTV More from John Robson: https://thejohnrobson.com/