In my latest Loonie Politics column I write an open letter to Xi Jinping asking him to put his megalomaniac geopolitical ambitions on hold until Canada gets some new submarines in about 20 years.
On “Counterpoint” with Tanya Granic Allen I discussed how to inspire future generations with the story of liberty.
In my latest National Post column I honour all those who answered the call because, as the Duke of Wellington said after Waterloo, the only thing worse than a battle won is a battle lost.
“Herodotus of Halicarnassus here displays his inquiry, so that human achievements may not become forgotten in time, and great and marvellous deeds – some displayed by Greeks, some by barbarians – may not be without their glory; and especially to show why the two peoples fought with each other.”
First sentence of Herodotus The Histories
In my latest Epoch Times column I reflect for Remembrance Day on the moving ritual of sounding the Last Post at the Menin Gate every single night for 77 years and counting.
In my latest Epoch Times column I say the only thing more foolish than Doug Ford raising the minimum wage was his explanation for doing so.
“But as Harry Truman used to say, the only thing new is the history we have not read yet.”
Hadley Arkes in National Review August 3, 1992
In my latest Epoch Times column I say the big issue with making Mélanie Joly Canada’s new Minister of Foreign Affairs isn’t that she lacks relevant experience or gravitas, it’s that it doesn’t matter.