“Being for or against a natural phenomenon is a waste of time and mental energy.”

Michael Rothschild Bionomics: The Inevitability of Capitalism (which he considers a natural phenomenon)

Here’s a long-overdue link to a talk I gave at RCMI in March on how Canada’s traditional neglect of national security is even more dangerous than usual in a high-tech world.

“1st Officer Spock: Consider the alternatives, Mr. Scott./ Lt.-Cmd. Scott: We have no fuel! What alternatives?/ Mr. Spock: Mr. Scott, there are always alternatives.”

Star Trek “The Galileo Seven (1967)” quoted on imdb.com

“We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.”

Albert Einstein, quoted in Jon Winokur Zen to Go

In my latest Epoch Times column I write that China’s real environmental record shows how inefficient as well as dangerous dictatorships are. Far from being able to “turn on a dime” to green their economy or do any other praiseworthy thing, they suppress information, ignore costs, and lumber about doing wasteful harm.

In my latest Loonie Politics column I urge Canadians to find their outrage at news that we’re going to keep our vintage CF-18s flying until 2032 instead of getting up-to-date aerial combat capability.