In my latest Mercatornet article I say the problem with "ethical debates" is they always end up saying yes to whatever departure from traditional morality is under discussion.

Abortion, Euthanasia, Family and Gender, Health care, International, Mercatornet, Religion, Science & Technology, Social policyJohn RobsonMarch 9, 2018

Wish I'd said that - March 9, 2018

"Et ce n’est pas important la guerre des moutons et des fleurs?"

The prince in Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Le Petit Prince

Arts & culture, Famous quotes, History, Life, Science & TechnologyJohn RobsonMarch 9, 2018

The Putin conundrum

In my latest National Post column I say we must weigh the risks of confronting Vladimir Putin's Russia against the risks of letting it get away with murder, figuratively and now perhaps literally as well.

Columns, Government, History, International, Crime, National Post, Military, United KingdomJohn RobsonMarch 8, 2018

Wish I'd said that - March 8, 2018

We should "learn from history, not be obsessed by it"

Queen Elizabeth II in a speech in Berlin on Nov. 2, 2004, quoted in Ottawa Citizen Nov. 3 2004

Famous quotes, History, International, Military, United KingdomJohn RobsonMarch 8, 2018

Wish I'd said that - March 7, 2018

"I rather like materialism. The poor need it."

"V.S. Naipaul, Nobel laureate in literature, answering a question from an audience in India”
quoted as "Thought du jour" in "Social Studies" in Globe and Mail August 12, 2009

Economics, Famous quotes, InternationalJohn RobsonMarch 7, 2018