Thank you for 2023, Evan. I'm looking forward to 2024.
I really like your trend away from predictions and toward "values" (if I may use that overworked word). Any chimp can make predictions, but it takes thought to articulate a view on what is happening and how we should try to shape the future.
Finally, thank you for articulating so well views that are usually different from mine. It is by being exposed to writing such as yours that I can test what I think and correct my course.
Merry belated Christmas and all the best for the coming year and for all the others after that.
I like it: 'my work will continuing to be more about articulating a values set, and articulating those values in a way that can be useful at a time when so much is made of ideological dogma and rhetorical idiocy from both sides'. Predicting winners and losers is of little use; moving the needle on 'values' is always useful, whether you 'win' or 'lose' in the short term.
Thank you Evan for your excellent analysis and your wonderful pen. It has been a delight to read your articles. Each of them made me think and re-evaluate my own rationale and opinions.
As I only discovered your articles in 2023, I initially did not know that you started this with the purpose of making reasoned predictions. I guess one of the key requirements for making successful predictions is the ability to analyze politics (and sports) without bias and favouritism. Very few opinion writers are able to separate the analysis part from the “forming an opinion” part. Unfortunately most Canadian newspapers have a majority of opinion writers that have lost this art (or have always been dishonest in their analysis).
I wish you all the best for 2024 and look forward to all your articles in the new year.
Thank you for 2023, Evan. I'm looking forward to 2024.
I really like your trend away from predictions and toward "values" (if I may use that overworked word). Any chimp can make predictions, but it takes thought to articulate a view on what is happening and how we should try to shape the future.
Finally, thank you for articulating so well views that are usually different from mine. It is by being exposed to writing such as yours that I can test what I think and correct my course.
Merry belated Christmas and all the best for the coming year and for all the others after that.
I like it: 'my work will continuing to be more about articulating a values set, and articulating those values in a way that can be useful at a time when so much is made of ideological dogma and rhetorical idiocy from both sides'. Predicting winners and losers is of little use; moving the needle on 'values' is always useful, whether you 'win' or 'lose' in the short term.
Thank you Evan for your excellent analysis and your wonderful pen. It has been a delight to read your articles. Each of them made me think and re-evaluate my own rationale and opinions.
As I only discovered your articles in 2023, I initially did not know that you started this with the purpose of making reasoned predictions. I guess one of the key requirements for making successful predictions is the ability to analyze politics (and sports) without bias and favouritism. Very few opinion writers are able to separate the analysis part from the “forming an opinion” part. Unfortunately most Canadian newspapers have a majority of opinion writers that have lost this art (or have always been dishonest in their analysis).
I wish you all the best for 2024 and look forward to all your articles in the new year.