I use annual CPS instead. Why? Because it can be corroborated with the annual American Community Survey (ACS) data for 2017-2023.… Continue reading →| Economist Writing Every Day
Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com I haven’t posted in quite some time – mostly for the fact that I’ve started writing a novel. I’m still writing poetry, though. Here&#…| Odds & Ends - Poetry Blog
Following on from our popular Frozen Water Bead post in the Summer, we have enjoyed it once again - this time with a heart theme, perfect for Early Years Sensory Play for Valentines Day.| Learning and Exploring Through Play
“The Eastern Front” was written in the quiet of Churchill’s country home, pondered deeply in every stage of its creation, and at all times a pleasure to him. He had no axes to grind (as in the earlier volumes), no vindications to make. For the first time in his World Crisis volumes, he was in the same position as his readers: viewing the scene from afar, trying to visualize the appalling battles and hardships, forever seeking in his mind an explanation of the whole. The post “The Worl...| The Churchill Project – Hillsdale College
Churchill’s account of Romania in the Great War expresses his lifetime view that in the face of aggression, there is no room for neutrality. In 1940 he remarked of the neutrals: “Each one hopes that if he feeds the crocodile enough, the crocodile will eat him last.” He had no better use for Romania’s “ambiguous watchfulness” in the previous war. It was, he insisted, utterly ineffective. The post “The World Crisis” (12): “The Eastern Front” and Romania’s Error appeared fi...| The Churchill Project – Hillsdale College
“So they said: ‘It is no use setting up a League of Nations without Russia. If we are to accomplish this it can only be with the aid of Germany. Germany knows more about Russia than anyone else. Germany let Lenin loose on Russia. Ought she not to play her part in clearing up this whole eastern battlefield like the others?’” The post “The World Crisis” (11): Churchill’s “Armistice Dream” appeared first on The Churchill Project - Hillsdale College.| The Churchill Project – Hillsdale College
In December 1918, Wilson set off to secure peace. “His opportunity was nevertheless as great as has ever been given to a statesman.”| The Churchill Project - Hillsdale College
The Dardanelles and Gallipoli taught Churchill four attributes for success in war: action, ownership, perseverance and compassion.| The Churchill Project - Hillsdale College
How the Dardanelles and Gallipoli went wrong, and how Winston Churchill was saddled with the blame by his formerly enthusiastic colleagues.| The Churchill Project - Hillsdale College