ProfessorBainbridgeOnWine.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
To paraphrase Winston Churchill, this is a modest wine without much to be modest about. Inoffensive, but inconsequential. Thin bodied, light in flavor. Probably better younger. Grade: C- [continued on site]
Family Research (Free subscription) | yesterday
Winston Churchill, it is said, uttered the immortal phrase: ‘Naval tradition? Monstrous! Nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash!’ But by the time he came to reflect on the subject, the reality of life at sea in the late 18th and early 19th century had long passed from human memory. In the intervening years, it [...]
Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday
COMEDY REVIEW: Hodgson is a true one-off, not just because of his exotic cocktail of interests, or his self-described 'Winston Churchill-in-his-lesbian-period' look, but also for his unique mix of pathos, parochial absurdity and righteous ranting.
Raw Story (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
Winston Churchill once said, "Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened." In this so-called post-9/11 world,' Churchill's aforementioned most men' badge could be justly pinned on the lapels of our Democratic and Republican presidential candidates, most televised news' anchors and accompanying pundits (but, God bless Keith Olbermann),...
The Lone Voice (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
And so time for a quote: You know what they say about golf? It spoils a good walk. - Sir Winston Churchill
The Corner (Free subscription) | 08/02/2008
This just in from faithful Corner reader Andrew Klavan (whom Mark Hemingway interviews here, and whose new novel, Empire of Lies, as I can attest, having read it in just a couple of sittings at the very beginning of the summer, is gripping and gorgeous): The last part of the discussion [in the Uncommon Knowledge program with Victor Davis Hanson and Christopher Hitchens] reminded me of an exchange I...
Blowing San #1 (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
The Brits march on like lemmings over a cliff, determined to commit cultural suicide. Now if they REALLY want some perspective they should go talk to survivors of the Bataan Death March, maybe get some first hand accounts of the Rape of Nanking and end up with some video interviews of survivors from the attack on Pearl Harbor. THEN they might have a good perspective of the war in question. Just my...
OTB News (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
The job of prime minister is not yet vacant, but hopefuls are alert THE poetry of Alfred Tennyson is the kind of thing Gordon Brown, perhaps Britain’s most literate prime minister since Winston Churchill, takes with him on the reading marathons he calls holidays. Yet even Mr Brown, now on his summer break in East Anglia [...]
The Economist (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
The job of prime minister is not yet vacant, but hopefuls are alert THE poetry of Alfred Tennyson is the kind of thing Gordon Brown, perhaps Britain's most literate prime minister since Winston Churchill, takes with him on the reading marathons he calls holidays. Yet even Mr Brown, now on his summer break in East Anglia (see article), will struggle to enjoy the Victorian poet laureate's observation...
Scaryduck: Not Scary. Not a Duck. (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
Condensed History: The Life of Winston Churchill One of the greatest mistakes I have made in recent years is my decision to read the late Roy Jenkins' biography of the even later Sir Winston Churchill. "The greatest political biography of recent years!" declares the cover blurb. Sadly, Lord Jenkins was nothing if not thorough, and 250 pages of tiny, tiny print into this 1,000 page work and he's still...
The Corner (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
In Churchill, Hitler, and the Unnecessary War, Pat Buchanan gives Winston Churchill high marks for valor--but a flunks him on strategy. [B]y his refusal even to consider a negotiated peace...Churchill caused Hitler to commit his fatal blunder: invading Russia. [This would bring] the downfall of Hitler...[but] add four more years to the war and bring death to tens of millions. The war Churchill insisted...
Slacker Manager (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
Leadership Now’s Leading Blog is one of my favorite sources of leadership inspiration. Recently, they created some free leadership wallpapers with pictures and quotes from great leaders like: Winston Churchill Thomas Jefferson Abraham Lincoln and several others. I think this is a really great idea. Take some great quotes, add them to a nice picture of the quote, and then [...]
spEak You're bRanes (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
What do you think about Radovan Karadzic? If you don’t know who he is, just give your general thoughts on Muslims, that’ll do. This arrest is unfair. War is a nasty business and people get killed - including civilians. Was Winston Churchill a war criminal because of the bombing of Dresden? If you knew Balkan history [...]
Church of the Big Sky (Free subscription) | 07/28/2008
Winston Churchill battled against depression most of his life. He described his depression as the "black dog" that chewed at his mind and soul. It's a fine descriptor for depression, I think. The dog that shadows you, strangely faithful and yet so inconstantly cruel. I know the feeling of that black dog nipping unkindly at my own heels. It's the gift - the legacy - of my mother's family. Honestly,...
The Herald (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Winston Churchill called them the geese that laid the golden egg and never cackled. He also credited them with shortening the Second World War and saving a countless number of lives. So why is the home of the Bletchley Park heroes being allowed to crumble into the ground?
