A modest proposal for curing a whiny nation

An excellent Valentine’s Day rant in the National Post, which has nothing to do with Valentine’s Day.

Traits essential to the building of nations and preservation of democracies — reason, resolve, creativity, self-reliance, common sense — are no longer holding their own against the tide of the emotive, reactionary, self-obsessed and risk averse. The foundations built by those pioneering forefathers, upon which our unparalleled wealth and security were built, are cracking under the weight of regulation, litigation and personal entitlement. The nannies are staging a coup. They’ve moved out of the nursery to seize control of the family business.

Kate’s solution may be a bit severe, but her heart’s in the right place.