Author Archives: John Robson

It may be the silly season in politics. But how much attention can adults reasonably give to the possibility that the NDP might consider a name change because they’re not new any more? Lots, apparently, if they’re pundits. My favourite … Continue reading →

With the Ontario government hurling public money hither and yon “picking winners”, the Ottawa Citizen reports complaints that the program is… not sufficiently geographcially balanced. The money is going to southwest Ontario including the dreaded Toronto and not to Ottawa. … Continue reading →

G.K. Chesterton once attacked the materialist philosophy by saying “In a little while we shall have you calling the practice of wife-beating the Problem of Pokers…” And now news reaches us (from Social Studies in the July 6 Globe and … Continue reading →

Here’s an interesting essay on the political future of (American) conservatism, brought to my attention by Gerry Nicholls and published by the Claremont Institute.
In my view the author gives too little weight to one key point: If liberalism does not … Continue reading →

Today’s Ottawa Citizen reports that very clever scientists have made a new, albeit quite unstable, chemical element. The as-yet-unnamed 112th spot in the periodic table is now occupied, briefly, by a metallic element created by smashing lead and zinc together … Continue reading →