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And now, the blue and red unicorn with a green mane

In my latest National Post column I ask what the point is of trying to build a Conservative Frankenstein’s Monster with blue brain, red heart and green hair, brought to life by a jolt from a polling machine, when conservatism is the reality-based philosophy that believes in coherent rules.

Wish I'd said that - Feb. 20, 2020

“These sentences are difficult for the modern reader, who is accustomed to think that the term ‘human nature’ does not correspond to any demonstrable empirical data. But for Spinoza, as for Aristotle, this was not so; nor is it for some contemporary neurophysiologists, biologists, and psychologists.”

Erich Fromm To Have and To Be