In my latest National Post column I lament that the Speaker of the BC legislature seems to have become just one more partisan tool for control of the executive branch instead of a bulwark of legislative independence in defence of self-government.
My latest piece in MercatorNet, based on a speech to the Augustine College Summer Conference (and an earlier National Post column and upcoming Dorchester Review article) asks how a society as devoted to "choice" as our own can at the same time so relentlessly restrict choice.
In my latest National Post column I say people enjoy the comforting blanket of political make-believe yet crave truth when reality intrudes.
In my latest National Post column I caution aboriginal militants against putting forward apparently insatiable demands in an insensitive, arrogant tone.
In my latest National Post column I say the horrific fire in London's Grenfell Tower happening in public housing is a powerful warning against putting too much faith in government.
In my latest National Post column, I point to a Page One story in Monday's paper about children with three genetic parents to underline my warning, in the print edition that same day, that scenarios we thought we might wrestle with ethically in the future are here now. Yet we seem unready to wrestle, even unable to.
In my latest National Post column I say, from hearing a series of outstanding talks at Moses Znaimer's ideacity conference, that the future is here now.
In my latest National Post column I say controversies over things like high school dress codes show that we modern sophisticates can't even figure out why we're wandering about half-dressed.