In my latest Loonie Politics column I mock policymakers and pundits who say the laws of economics have changed because they haven’t but these trendy faddists thought they had.
“... the combination of planning, courage, error and pure chance by which great events are often decided.”
Opening text to movie Midway.
In my latest National Post column I say the “inclusive” teacher who told a Muslim kid to celebrate pride or get of Canada exposes not just reflexive intolerance but a deep, unresolvable contradiction in multiculturalism.
In my latest Epoch Times column I say if Communist China is acting nicer because its drive for world domination is faltering, we should not relax our vigilance or forget our principles.
“Indeed, one of the real lessons of history, is that nobody ever learns them. In every age and era, too many people believe that the experiences of others can’t apply to them. Their age and place is unique and therefore exempt from experience. Two other lessons of history are these: Nothing lasts forever, and very few people notice or care that their society is in trouble until it is too late.”
John Thompson in Mackenzie Newsletter April 1998 #32
In my latest Epoch Times column I bid the “special” rapporteur an unfold farewell and say “told you so” on the need for a proper inquiry, with subpoena powers, to examine Chinese communist election meddling in Canada and possible complicity by politicians. And volunteer to head it if everyone else they consider is as compromised as David Johnston.
“Victory is the ability to fight five minutes longer than any other army in the world.”
The Duke of Wellington according to AZ Quotes [https://www.azquotes.com/author/15482-Duke_of_Wellington].
In my latest Loonie Politics column I ridicule Melanie Joly’s grasp of the world situation, of its history, and of the challenges of restructuring bureaucracies.