Posts in History
Time for the freedom convoy to accept victory and go home

In my latest Epoch Times column I say the freedom convoy has achieved all the good it could have, and more than it could reasonably have expected, and should withdraw in triumph rather than stay until something really does go wrong.

Words Worth Noting - January 27, 2022

“History may not repeat itself, but it rhymes.”

Often attributed to Mark Twain in various forms (for instance “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it sure does rhyme”) but there is no evidence that he said it (see for instance https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/01/12/history-rhymes/) although he obviously should have.

We don't have no stinkin' rights

In my latest Loonie Politics column I say there’s a silver lining to people noticing thanks to the pandemic that the Charter doesn’t protect us from overbearing government … but only if we decide to fix the problem, and the Constitution.

Words Worth Noting - January 20, 2022

“The study of history is the best medicine for a sick mind; for in history you have a record of the infinite variety of human experience plainly set out for all to see; and in that record you can find for yourself and your country both examples and warnings; fine things to take as models, base things, rotten through and through, to avoid.”

Titus Livius, aka “Livy” The Early History of Rome