Honor(u)red to be invited to join Lord Roberts, at Secrets of Statecraft. It was fun to chat with the author of the foremost one-volume life of Churchill, about where Sir Winston stands on his 150th birthday. We mutually concluded that he stands as tall as ever. Beyond that, we need to remember him because he spoke everlasting truths about the relations between peoples, about governance, about the value of liberty. Those are as relevant as ever today.| Richard M. Langworth
Tasmanian and Australian psephology, opinion poll analysis, election analysis and political commentary by Dr Kevin Bonham.| kevinbonham.blogspot.com
This is a quality we seem to be losing: “To err on the side of history’s defaulters,” in the words of the great Allen Guelzo. Heroes are what they are because the good they did far outweighs their faults. All those statues on Parliament Square are of people with human faults. Gandhi fought for Indian rights in South Africa but thought blacks “live like animals” and wanted whites to stay in charge. And yet, he was Gandhi—and on balance, a hero. The post Interview: Some Thoughts o...| The Churchill Project – Hillsdale College
There is no better revelation of Churchill’s character, including his sense of humour, than his effervescent autobiography, “My Early Life.”| The Churchill Project - Hillsdale College
“What do we owe to History? The first thing is to remain objective: Put the historical facts before any preconceptions—especially political and ideological preconceptions. The second seems obvious, yet it is often ignored. That is to remember that the past is another country. Those in the past did not see the world in exactly the same way as we do. To assume anything else is obviously illogical.” The post History Reclaimed: “You Can’t Cancel Winston Churchill” appeared first on Th...| The Churchill Project – Hillsdale College