John Robson: Politicians Should Speak Frankly, Not With Empty Words

John Robson: Politicians Should Speak Frankly, Not With Empty Words
Soldiers of the 41 Canadian Brigade Group live-fire a 105mm howitzer during training at CFB Suffield, Alta., on Oct. 19, 2024. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh
John Robson
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One of life’s paradoxes is how you can improve something until it’s ruined. From Henry VIII’s flagship Mary Rose, rebuilt to such a peak of Renaissance naval architecture and weaponry that on firing a massive broadside she capsized, to artificial flavour in artificial food to AI writing and reading your emails for you, we find ways to progress onwards and upwards to ruin. Including the latest in political rhetoric.

John Robson
John Robson
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John Robson is a documentary filmmaker, National Post columnist, senior fellow at the Aristotle Foundation, contributing editor to the Dorchester Review, and executive director of the Climate Discussion Nexus. His most recent documentary is “The Environment: A True Story.”