In today's National Post George Will makes one of those rare generalizations so sound and important that it deserves to be elevated to the status of a "law" of political economy:
It is a law of arms control: agreements are impossible until they are unimportant.
If taken seriously, this maxim would save us from much foolishness and peril. Unfortunately, it will not be taken seriously.
Following up my column in today's National Post about China's perilous moment on the world stage, I note that the New York Times has a lengthy piece today about China's increasing financial and economic assertiveness, often in troubled parts of the world and capitalizing on reckless anti-Western sentiment in nations that have badly mishandled their own affairs.
My National Post column argues that short-term optimism and long-run pessimism make China's geopolitical ambitions acutely dangerous.
Barack Obama has his "historic" nuclear deal with Iran. But what's it actually for? I ask in my latest National Post column.
In today’s National Post Tristin Hopper wrote pointedly about the inferior facilities and tours at Canada’s magnificent Vimy Ridge site. He’s right. In fact, in France last April filming a documentary on World War One, I was provoked to record an irritated segment about our feeble official remembrance even compared to some modestly funded French and Belgian museums. I put it aside during the editing process because the documentary was about the war’s importance to liberty and Western civilization, not my irritation with official Canada’s passion for the bronze. But I’m posting it now because we can and should do better for those who died for our freedom.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=915xcTzZjBw
In my latest National Post column I argue that Asteroid Day is one trendy cause worth embracing... while we still can.
In my latest National Post column I ask why a person can change their gender but not their race.
In my latest National Post column I argue for trying the best imaginable government welfare system, the Negative Income Tax, in order to learn the bitter lesson that government welfare doesn't fail when money doesn't reach the intended beneficiaries but when it does reach them.