In my latest National Post column I say the solution to mean-spirited echo chambers and fake news online is in the mirror.

"Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish."

Euripides
 

"Pessimism, you know, is often a form of vanity."

Sandy Arbuthnot in John Buchan The Three Hostages

"to have any meaningful 'self-esteem' one must have a meaningful sense of self. An 'itch and scratch' existence is simply not adequate."

Iain Benson in the Executive Summary to Kathleen M. Gow, "Making a God of Self-esteem: The Tyranny of Misdirected Sentiment," CRPP Discussion Paper 4

"Pale Ebenezer thought it wrong to fight/ But Roaring Bill (who killed him) thought it right"

Hilaire Belloc, "The Pacifist"
 

"If you are still with me at this point, it can only be because you are a serious drinker of being…"

Robert Capon The Supper of the Lamb

In my latest National Post column I say the mass shooting at a Texas church does not validate arguments for gun control.

My latest Looniepolitics column says the surprising defeat of Montreal mayor Denis Coderre should have us paying more attention to Canada's cities.