“In one of the famous episodes of both history and historiography, Dexippus rallied 2,000 Athenians to fight the Heruli, but the city had already fallen…”

Edward Luttwak, The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire

In my latest National Post column I deplore the conventional wisdom that in any showdown between Iran and the West, it is the West that lacks attractive options and must find some face-saving way to give in.

“After more than two thousand years, the mothers of India still frighten their naughty children by telling them that ‘Iskander will get them,’ and Iskander is none other than Alexander the Great…”

Hendrik Van Loon The Story of Mankind

In BOE Report I talk about a website that makes it easy to check Canadian government data for an increase in heat waves in Canadian cities over time… and not find one. If it’s all about the evidence, surely the lack of support for this particular claim should lead people to stop making it.

In my latest Loonie Politics column I urge Doug Ford to put aside populist bluster and take advice from the experts who’ve spoken at our Economic Education Association of Alberta conferences on fixing problems in government by relying on sound ideas.

Yes, my CFRA appearance has moved from Friday at 1:30 to Wednesday at 12:30 at least for now.