Posts in Economics
The social media morass

In my latest National Post column I argue that the same libertarian-libertine qualities that made social media appealing across normal partisan lines, and addictive, are now making them hugely and rightly unpopular and we must make the platforms legally “publishers” to put a stop to the raging indecency.

Words Worth Noting - January 29, 2024

“Jean Chretien’s government wants the shade from the tree, but aren’t willing to do anything to keep that tree strong.”

Canadian Alliance MP Monte Solberg quoted in the National Post March 31, 2003 [the specific context was Solberg supporting the second Gulf War but it obviously applies far more broadly as well as chronically to politicians and the Canadian Armed Forces]