In my latest National Post column I say high-profile cries of racism over the acquittal of Gerald Stanley in the tragic Colten Boushie shooting are divisive and mean-spirited.

"It is no more admirable to have valuable suggestions to make and not put them into circulation than it is to have a valuable coin of the realm and keep it stuffed into a greasy old stocking."

G.K. Chesterton, “The Walking Paradox,” in Alberto Manguel, ed., On Lying in Bed and Other Essays by G.K. Chesterton

Yesterday Danielle Smith interviewed me on her 770 CHQR radio show about the upcoming EEA conference in Calgary "Stemming the Tide of Red Ink" (March 2-3). We've got a great lineup of speakers from business, government and academia to talk about what's wrong federally, provincially and at the often-neglected municipal level and, crucially, about what we can do to fix it and we hope to see you there.

 “we do not ask whether interventionism is good or bad, moral or immoral, to be commended or condemned. We merely ask from the standpoint of those who want to put it into operation whether it serves or frustrates their intentions. In other words, does its application attain the ends sought?"

Ludwig von Mises Interventionism

In my latest National Post column I ridicule politicians' inability to fix the expensive, tangled, divisive mess known as Equalization.

In my latest National Post column I say the Democrats' response to Donald Trump's State of the Union casts unflattering light on their inability to defeat him politically.

In my latest Looniepolitics column I advise the Ontario Tories not to be too clever by half and too stupid for words in choosing a new leader or an electoral platform.

In my latest National Post column I say we must be able to show compassion for victims of sexual abuse and of false accusation, and that compassion for women does not exclude compassion for men or vice versa.