"The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit."
Nelson Henderson, quoted as "Thought du jour" in Globe and Mail March 29, 2001
In my latest National Post column I say we need to be far more alert about online security, and demand that our governments take it seriously too.
"What beats me is how any body of men can delude themselves into thinking that they can abolish war as an instrument for settling international disputes. No sane person wants wars; that is a recognized fact, but we have them just the same. No one wants jails, hospitals, insane asylums, murders, robberies, etc.; but we have them just the same. Why? Well, in my opinion it can be given in just two words – human nature, a condition which is the same today as it was when Noah built the Ark, as it was when Julius Caesar enlarged the Roman Empire, and as it was when the Princess Pats marched down Bank street, many years ago, on their way overseas."
Letter from a G.H. Giles of Ottawa in Ottawa Citizen Sept. 4, 1931, reprinted in Ottawa Citizen Oct. 19, 1999
"Greed is usually just the other guy’s self-interest. Or else it is the desire to keep more of your own money instead of turning it over to liberal politicians."
Charles C. Heath, The Blessings of Liberty
In my latest National Post column I try to make sense of the Canadian oil industry's apparent plan to win friends and influence people by agreeing that it's destroying the planet.
Another positive review of The Environment: A True Story, this one from the Personal Liberty Digest. Thanks guys, for reviewing, praising and sharing it.
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