"The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less appreciation of them."
G.K. Chesterton, Autobiography, quoted in Gilbert! magazine Vol. 4 #7
"I was honoured – incredibly honoured – to receive an award in [Pierre Berton’s] name. He understood that history is a narrative form, one that can be engaging and vivid. Pierre Berton showed me a Canada that was worthy of passion."
Will Ferguson in a Q&A in The Beaver Oct.-Nov. 2005, re having won the Pierre Berton award for popularizing Canadian history from the National History Society
"Truth unasserted is a lie unopposed."
George Jonas in the National Post Dec. 11, 2010
In my latest National Post column I ask what a government is even for if legal permission for the Kinder Morgan pipeline project doesn't mean it's possible to build it.
If you live in or near Ottawa and are concerned about the health and well-being of men and families, you're invited to a night of Texas Hold 'em to benefit the Canadian Centre for Men and Families - Ottawa.
It's April 21 at the Rideau Curling Club and you can register online via Eventbrite.
"As one writer put it in the Wall St. Journal, when cowards ascend to positions of leadership, their character is revealed. They panic in a crisis. They don’t know what to do."
R. Cort Kirkwood in Ottawa Sun Dec. 20, 1998
"Amateurs practice until they can get it right; professionals practice until they can’t get it wrong."
"Anonymous", quoted as "Thought du jour" in "Social Studies" in Globe & Mail Dec. 27, 2004