In my latest National Post column I ridicule McMaster University's policy of banning all smoking on campus, of anything, any way, as infantilizing and unscientific, two odd qualities for an institution of higher learning.

In my latest National Post column I argue that the quantity of antidepressants we now take, with shockingly little understanding of their direct or indirect effects, is not cause for complacency about progress.

"The object of philanthropy is to do good; the object of religion is to be good, if only for a moment, amid a crash of brass."

G.K. Chesterton in Heretics
GKC Heretics

In my latest National Post column I take on the concept that a new phone, or new anything, can revolutionize our lives every few years.

A great turnout for the grand opening of the Canadian Centre for Men and Families - Ottawa on Saturday. And a very nice piece in the Ottawa Citizen.

So thanks to everyone who came to the event, and to everyone who helped make it possible from donors to volunteers to staff. And if you know anyone in the Ottawa area who needs the services the CCMF-O is putting in place, from crisis counselling to support groups to legal issues to advice on fathering after divorce (or just in general) please refer them to the centre.

In my latest National Post column I say tax reform would be easier to discuss and accomplish if governments weren't universally desperate for money. So arguably politicians and voters should give more thought to why they are.

if you're in the Ottawa area this Saturday please consider attending the Grand Opening of the Canadian Centre for Men and Families - Ottawa, "the first Men’s Centre in the nation’s capital".

"Those who talk of 'tolerating all opinions' are very provincial bigots who are only familiar with one opinion."

G.K. Chesterton in Illustrated London News Feb. 24, 1912, quoted in Gilbert Magazine Vol. 9 #6