Educating the masses was intended only to improve the relationship between the top and the bottom of society. Not for changing the nature of the relationship.

An individual who stands out, or disagrees or takes risks is a danger to such systems and is effortlessly and, unconsciously sidelined.

United States:. A nation given either to unjustified over-enthusiasms or infantile furies.

We all need a bit of self-delusion. It gets us over the difficult spots.

Whenever governments adopt a moral tone - as opposed to an ethical one - you know something is wrong.

Canada is either an idea or it does not exist. It is either an intellectual undertaking or it is little more than a resource-rich vacuum lying in the buffer zone just north of a great empire.

I have a theory of statistics: if you can double them or halve them and they still work, they are really good statistics.