“It is in disaster, not success, that the heroes and the bums really get sorted out.”
James Bond Stockdale in Chronicles magazine July 1988
After Condé was killed in battle in March 1569 “leadership of the Huguenot movement devolved on Coligny… under Coligny’s direction, the movement weathered the storm, and acquired a new unity and cohesion. This nearly great man – symbolized for contemporaries by the inseparable toothpick…”
J.H. Elliott Europe Divided 1559-1598
In my latest Epoch Times column, I ponder how our then-defence minister could possibly have said an advanced weapons system was “en route” to Ukraine courtesy of Canada back in April 2023 when in fact it wasn’t, still isn’t, and nobody seems to have a clue as to why.
In my latest Epoch Times column, I take up my own challenge from my 2023 year-ender and suggest five fundamental improvements we need in public policy in 2024.
In my latest Epoch Times column, I say 2023 feels like one of those years where trouble was plainly a-brewin’ but the storm had not yet really broken.
In my latest Epoch Times column I contemplate the painfully familiar task of finding comfort at Christmastime despite everything.
In my latest Loonie Politics column I argue that the key to Kissinger’s diplomacy was the worldview behind it. And we’re not exactly racking up successes in such profusion that we can afford to ignore his insights.
In my latest Loonie Politics column I denounce the PM’s characteristic blend of self-importance and moral blindness on the Middle East.