In my latest National Post column I say the strong showing of the allegedly "far right" Alternative für Deutschland in the German election means you must either call one in eight German voters a neo-Nazi or concede that many normal people are deeply dissatisfied with politics as usual nowadays.
"What is history but the story of how politicians have squandered the blood and treasure of the human race?"
Thomas Sowell in Is Reality Optional?
"A common error, however, is to regard the civilizing process and the humanizing process as synonymous. A correlation between the two has yet to be demonstrated. (The first glance was enough to let you see the flabby devil was running that show.)"
Mark Slade in Mosaic magazine (re Conrad’s Heart of Darkness), quoted in Marshall McLuhan “Man and Media” in McLuhan Understanding Me 295.
In my latest National Post column I say tax reform would be easier to discuss and accomplish if governments weren't universally desperate for money. So arguably politicians and voters should give more thought to why they are.
"No theory, no history."
Werner Sombart, quoted in Theodore Von Laue The World Revolution of Westernization
In my latest National Post column I say that not attacking North Korea is a lot riskier than it sounds.
"Men have forgotten God; that’s why all this has happened."
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in his 1983 Templeton Address re the disastrous history of Russia in the 20th century, quoted in Philip Yancey Soul Survivor
In my latest National Post column I say it's time to leave Afghanistan and keep our powder dry and our morale up for the next challenge.