Monthly Commentaries
The Holiday Spirit
‘We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.’
Winston Churchill
The Law of Averages
‘The man who drowns in a river with an average depth of six inches is still dead.’
Proverb
Go Jays Go
‘Canada is a country whose main exports are hockey players and cold fronts.
Our main imports are baseball players and acid rain.’
Pierre Trudeau
The Powell Pivot
‘When the facts change,
I change my mind – what do you do, sir?.’
John Maynard Keynes
A Whiff of Stagflation
‘If you don’t like the news,
go out and make some of your own.’
Wes Nisker
The Science of Not Knowing
‘If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.’
Clint Eastwood
The Uncertainty of Uncertainty
‘There are known knowns…there are known unknowns…
But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don’t know we don’t know.’
Donald Rumsfield
The Waiting Game | April 2025
‘The waiting is the hardest part.’
Tom Petty
Everything Everywhere All At Once | March 2025
‘Chaos, when left alone, tends to multiply.’
Stephen Hawking
Fast & Furious XI: Tariff Wars | February 2025
‘I live my life a quarter mile at a time.’
Dominic Toretto
Ten Years Later, And We’re Just Getting Started | January 2025
“Birthdays are nature’s way of telling you to eat more cake.”
The New Year Edition | December 2024
“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” Seneca