In my latest Epoch Times column, I challenge Pierre Poilievre’s maddeningly vague belligerence on Bill C-63 and just about every other issue.
In the Western Standard my latest book review for the Aristotle Foundation praises John Ibbitson’s The Duel while taking issue with the author’s belief that his subjects, John Diefenbaker and Lester Pearson, were giants.
In my latest Epoch Times column I ask, à propos of the federal Liberals suddenly proclaimed intention to “turbocharge” housing construction after nine years of muffing the file, what leads our politicians or anyone else to have so much faith in their capacity, and the state’s capacity, to fix any and every problem life presents.
In my latest National Post column, I say Western leaders’ calls for Israel not to retaliate for Iran’s blatant act of war amounts to “Free hits on Jews” and is disgusting, cowardly and a recipe for disaster.
“H.G. Wells’ description of the town of Bromstead – ‘a dull, useless boiling up of human activities, an immense clustering of futilities.’”
William H. Whyte The Organization Man
“in Nisga’a culture, we believe that this pole is alive with the spirit of our ancestors.”
An aboriginal chief regarding a totem pole repatriated from a Scottish museum, quoted in National Post August 29, 2023
In my latest Epoch Times column, I say Justin Trudeau is half-right that his job is not to be popular.
In my latest Loonie Politics column I complain that voters throughout Canada and the Western world are not just letting politicians give up on fiscal prudence, they’re indifferent to our plunge toward insolvency.