We humans are rarely the best judge of our own affairs, which is why we have lawyers represent us in courts and seek other counsel in our personal lives. Distance brings perspective, and the same holds for nations. Writing in The Washington Post, J.J. McCullough wonders why Canada, one of the most successful nations in history, appears intent on dissolving itself.

In Vino Veritas – Or, Whatever It Takes to Get the Truth Out of Such a Crew
Winston Churchill drank his way to saving the world from Nazism and, according to Alec Marsh in Spiked, the old bulldog would fit right in with certain current Parliamentarians enjoying a tipple to endure late-night sittings in Westminster. “Well, why not?” Marsh asks. “Politicians wouldn’t be human if they didn’t.” This news doesn’t, however, sit well with certain neo-puritan scolds from – you guessed it – the Green Party, which on the other hand does support providing free narcotics to welfare recipients.


