In my latest National Post column I remind commentators that Notre Dame is a Paris “tourist attraction” and historical landmark because it’s a very beautiful church, and suggest that it’s beautiful because of the faith that built it.
In Convivium I warn that AI threatens our humanity almost as much if it does work as it threatens humanity if it runs amok.
“How come dumb stuff seems so smart while you’re doing it?”
Dennis the Menace, quoted in NCC Overview Winter 2002
In BOE Report I say if climate science really is settled, it want predictions ahead of time not rationalizations after the fact.
“The person who is really in revolt is the optimist, who generally lives and dies in a desperate and suicidal effort to persuade other people how good they are.”
G.K. Chesterton in the introduction to The Defendant
“It’s not what you are; it’s what you don’t become that hurts."
Oscar Levant, quoted as "Thought du jour" in Globe & Mail August 30, 2001
“I can honestly say my respect for you has never been higher.”
Dogbert (to Dilbert, scornfully) in Dilbert in Ottawa Sun July 19, 1996
In my latest Loonie Politics column I critique the New York Times and similar outlets for saying Benjamin Netanyahu couldn’t win the Israeli election, then that he wasn’t winning, and then that he only won because Israeli voters are horribly right wing, and instead tell their readers why Netanyahu, Trump and others appeal to so many people who don’t read the New York Times.