“Display of farce”
Expression in a Tim Dolighan cartoon May 12, 2000 [re the UN].
“Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone driving faster is a maniac?”
“Morning Smile” from Andrew Chan of Mississauga in Globe & Mail August 28, 1999 – but the line originated with comedian George Carlin
“I am inclined to think tradition has more of the sobriety of truth.”
G.K. Chesterton in America July 23, 1927, quoted in “Chesterton for Today” in Gilbert The Magazine of the Society of G.K. Chesterton Vol. 25 #3 (Jan.-Feb. 2022) [I know I’ve been leaning heavily on GKC in recent items, but when someone says so many prescient things it’s a sign worth noting]
In my latest National Post column I take readers on a guided tour of the dismal wasteland that is Xi Jinping Thought.
“Ok so who wants to go up on the first Oral Tradition powered rocket?”
Tweet by Jonathan Kay February 10, 2022 [https://twitter.com/jonkay/status/1491931186427576354]
In my latest Epoch Times column I say the inquiry must avoid getting sidetracked into whether the convoy or the mandates were obnoxious and remain focused on whether invoking the Emergencies Act was justified because other forms of law enforcement were demonstrably non-existent, unavailable, or inadequate to the situation.
“Most of us have to fight for the things we think true, and especially against the things we are supposed to think true.”
G.K. Chesterton in New Witness 14/4/22 quoted in “Chesterton for Today” in Gilbert: The Magazine of the Society of G.K. Chesterton Vol. 25 # 4 March-April 2022
“People wishing to get organized at home should follow advice such as the One-Minute Rule, contends The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: That which takes a minute to do (or less) should be done. For instance, hang up your coat, put shoes in the proper place, use the hamper and hang up the bath towels.”
“Social Studies” in Globe &Mail January 27, 2004