“peaceful anarchy, than which nothing could be more impossible, given human nature as it is.”

Mortimer J. Adler Ten Philosophical Mistakes

In my latest Epoch Times column, I say recent revelations about national security breaches and governmental nonchalance ought to worry Canadians a lot more than they apparently do.

In my latest Mercatornet article I say the Capitol hill riot resulted from unchecked hatred in the human heart, and should not be the trigger for more of the same from anyone.

In my latest Loonie Politics column I say the task now for everyone is to find a constructive way forward, not to retreat further into sneering tribalism.

In my latest Epoch Times column I say the casual and inconsistent way governments keep shutting down our lives betrays their conceited conviction that we weren’t doing anything important anyway.

In my latest National Post column I say the outrageous way the Chinese government speaks about the outrageous things it does is a red flag about the outrageous way it thinks.

“You should never try to teach a pig to sing: it can’t be done, and it annoys the pig.”

Letter from Matthew Horan of Fort Smith, Arkansas in National Review Dec. 30, 1991, quoting the opinion of H. Franklin Waters, Chief Judge of the Western District of Arkansas in Robertson v White, 633 F. Supp. 954, 959 (W.D. Ark 1986). [How’s that for a detailed, even pedantic reference?]

On The News Forum with Tanya Granic Allen I discussed why we remember on November 11 and what we should remember. (You can also watch it on Facebook here.)