“It is strange, he [Tom Rath, the main character] thought, that almost always there is so much irony in success.” Sloan Wilson The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

“Ritual is really much older than thought; it is much simpler and much wilder than thought…. A man who has faith must be prepared not only to be a martyr, but to be a fool.” G.K. Chesterton in Heretics

When some people discover that novelist Mark Helprin does not read the New York Times “They look at me as if I had just slaughtered Mary’s little lamb.” Helprin, quoted by Jay Nordlinger in National Review March 22 2004

About the influence of Hillbillies on US politics.

The audio-only version is available here: [podcast title="Ask the Professor, December 9"]http://www.thejohnrobson.com/podcast/John2016/December/Ask_Professor_67.mp3[/podcast]

“I cannot talk about anything without talking about everything.” G.K. Chesterton in “The Return of the Romans,” in The Resurrection of Rome, quoted in Gilbert Magazine Vol. 11 #4 (Jan.-Feb. 2008)

My latest for The Rebel: The audio-only version is available here: [podcast title="Rebel, December 8"]http://www.thejohnrobson.com/podcast/John2016/December/161208Rebel.mp3[/podcast]

“It is impossible to dismiss the past. The challenge is to avoid becoming its prisoner.” Gordon Gibson in A New Look at Canadian Indian Policy

“In the most fundamental way, economics tells us that the answer to the question, ‘which one would you like?’ can never be both.” Michael Walker in Fraser Forum November 1995