“A successful diet is the triumph of mind over platter.”

“Gilbert!’s Top Dozen Very Bad Puns” in Gilbert! magazine Vol. 5 #8 (July/August 2002)

"If he’s mad, I hope he’ll bite some of my other generals."

King George II responding to criticism of General James Wolfe, quoted by John Ivison in National Post June 12, 2012

“What is the problem we wish to solve when we try to construct a rational economic order? On certain familiar assumptions the answer is simple enough. If we possess all the relevant information, if we can start out from a given system of preferences, and if we command complete knowledge of available means, then problem which remains is purely one of logic.... This, however, is emphatically not the economic problem which society faces.”

Friedrich Hayek, “The Use of Knowledge in Society,” American Economic Review, 35 (January 1945)

If you're in the Ottawa area and think true gender equality means compassion and services for men and boys as well as women and girls, please attend the Canadian Centre for Men and Families - Ottawa gala luncheon two weeks this Sunday, on September 16 from 1-4. Tickets are available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ccmf-ottawa-gala-lunch-fundraiser-tickets-48985700549 and if you think it's worthwhile please help share it on social media and with friends and family.

Thanks, and I hope to see you there.

In my latest National Post column I predict the policies the federal Tories will endorse in Halifax this weekend.