"Et ce n’est pas important la guerre des moutons et des fleurs?"
The prince in Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Le Petit Prince
"So far as I am able to discern, there are only two kinds of strong-willed people: saints and psychopaths. According to the ancient understanding, the former have made a pact with God, the latter with the Devil. The modern understanding is, nature and/or nurture on both sides. As ever, the ancient understanding is correct."
David Warren in Ottawa Citizen Jan. 3, 2009
In my latest National Post column I choke on "raw water".
In my latest National Post column I defend the superhero fantasy scifi film Guardians of the Galaxy 2 against charges of racist sexist blah blah blah.
In my latest National Post column I say it's not reasonable to think the accelerating pace of technological and social change is remotely sustainable.
"Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man’s upper chamber if he has common sense on the ground floor."
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., "The Poet at the Breakfast-Table", quoted in Daniel Boorstin Cleopatra's Nose
In my latest National Post column I say we need to be far more alert about online security, and demand that our governments take it seriously too.