Pierre Trudeau was too much of a professional politician to be described as a good man, nor, it can be argued despite much pubilicity to the contrary, was he a particularly clever or even wise one. But he was a great man, perhaps the gratest Canada has produced in this century.

I think the Republicans are subverted by the fact that so many of their leaders send their kids to private schools, they don't really have the stomach for the fight.

Teacher unions are an interest group that acts in defense of their own interests, which means the union bosses' interests, not the members.

Hey, nothing grows to the sky. There will be a successor movement. Right now its nascent.

I think good teachers are underpaid.

Why can't teachers end up owning schools, the way waiters can open their own restaurants?

I've been a financial journalist for 30 years.