“The most neglected history is recent history.”

G.K. Chesterton, quoted by Luke Sharp in Gilbert! magazine Vol. 7 #4 (Jan.-Feb. 2004)

In my latest National Post column I say GM closing plants after swallowing huge government subsidies teaches a sharp lesson… for those willing to learn.

In my latest National Post column I say Brexit turned into an incomprehensible, messy train wreck because the people meant to be taking Britain out of the European Union didn’t have faith in Britain as a sovereign nation.

“the Roman empire is afflicted rather than changed – a thing which has befallen it in other times also, before the name of Christ was heard, and it has been restored after such affliction – a thing which even in these times is not to be despaired of.”

Augustine City of God