"The classical adage Historia est magistra vitae – ‘History is the teacher of life’...”

Richard Pipes in National Review January 24, 2000

In my latest National Post column I choke on "raw water".

"The world is moved not only by the mighty shoves of the heroes but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker."

Helen Keller, quoted in Reader’s Digest Canadian Edition March 2005

In my latest National Post column I ask again how governments can be surprised again to find that incentives matter again.

"To Keynes’s famous dictum - 'in the long run we are all dead' - the historian is committed by profession flatly to reply ‘Nonsense! the long run is with us, a powerful active force every day of our lives."

Walt Rostow The Process of Economic Growth

"Whether one wishes it or not, man is also a historical animal: the place he occupies in time is as important for him as that which he occupies in space…"

Régine Pernoud Those Terrible Middle Ages

In my latest National Post column I say it's not reasonable to think the accelerating pace of technological and social change is remotely sustainable.

"The past is many things, but one thing it is, is irrevocable. A past to your liking is not an entitlement."

Thomas Sowell, Is Reality Optional?