In my latest Mercatornet column I say the mania for booster shots for vaccines that don’t work very well to stop a variant they may not work against at all is not science.
“Paranoid fear and suspicion is found in up to one-third of people, a surprising new study says. Four in 10 have marked worries about negative comments being made about them; 27 per cent say they believe people are deliberately trying to irritate them; one-fifth worry about being observed; and five per cent believe there may be a conspiracy to harm them.”
Maclean’s July 24, 2006
In my latest Epoch Times column I say if there’s really a burgeoning mental health crisis over hair loss we’ve lost more from our heads than just the stuff above our scalps.
“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.”
Vidal Sassoon, quoted by Jeff Hayden on Inc. online (www.inc.com/jeff-haden/top-350-inspiring-motivational-quotes-to-tweet-and-share.html)
In my latest Loonie Politics column I say the reason public officials pivot ataxically from one certainty to another on SARS-CoV-2 (yes, that’s the virus) is that the public won’t accept that the government doesn’t have all the answers.
“In order to please a selfish politician, Lincoln had signed an order transferring certain regiments. Stanton not only refused to carry out Lincoln’s orders but swore that Lincoln was a damn fool for ever signing such orders. What happened? When Lincoln was told what Stanton had said, Lincoln calmly replied: ‘If Stanton said I was a damned fool then I must be, for he is nearly always right. I’ll just step over and see for myself.’ Lincoln did go to see Stanton. Stanton convinced him that the order was wrong, and Lincoln withdrew it. ”
Dale Carnegie How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
“A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what’s going on.”
William S. Burroughs (quoted for instance at https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/14116-a-paranoid-is-someone-who-knows-a-little-of-what-s)
“A man is known by the silence he keeps.”
Oliver Herford, quoted as “Thought du jour” in “Social Studies” in Globe & Mail June 24, 2005