71. Leadership
December 27, 2008
What Constitutes Great Leadership ?
Within the story of the last century we see the rise not only of the great Liberal – Darwin – Freud conflict over the question of human nature and human freedom, but we see towering above the masses the crags and peaks of peculiar individuals, our human a...
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72. Churchill, his Conservatism and freedom
December 27, 2008
Churchill was the 20th century’s most influential person, because he personified, defended, and extended the franchise of the orthodox Anglo-Saxon inspired [big L] Liberal-Parliamentary order. Yet his lessons, attitudes and beliefs are already forgotten. In this sense he was indeed the last of the ‘...
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73. Book Review: "Churchill & The Jews"
December 27, 2008
Martin Gilbert is a historical writing phenomenon; a historian without peer in many areas; and an intellectual giant in Churchilliana. Again he has produced another valuable niche product in the vast compendium of Churchill related works, this one centred on Churchill’s 70-year relationship with Jew...
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74. Churchill Surrenders, Roosevelt Appeases, the Ubermensch dominate
December 26, 2008
It is May 10th 1940 and Churchill is Prime Minister of Britain. The BBC, Guardian and other left liberal news outlets publish polls stating that 60 % of Britons believe that the war against fascist Germany cannot be won and that the French are an unworthy ally. The questions used in the poll were ...
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75. Book Review, “Churchill and America" by Martin Gilbert
December 26, 2008
The prolific and exceptional historian and Churchill biographer Martin Gilbert has produced another interesting volume for the expanding library of Churchilliana. Gilbert’s look at the complex (and hardly submissive) relationship between Churchill and America, is edifying reading given the current t...
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76. Churchill is a myth - so say 1 in 4 Brits
December 25, 2008
According to many bloggers feeding off a London Daily Mail survey, 25% of Britons believe that Winston Churchill did not really exist. According to the report, 'Likewise, they think historical figures such as Florence Nightingale, Sir Walter Raleigh, Mahatma Gandhi and Cleopatra were also fictional ...
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77. Churchill from 1914-1939, and the unnecessary war
December 25, 2008
In modern times it is useful to learn the travails of the past. Churchill at war, is a perfect example of someone defending the Anglo-Saxon heritage of freedom, division of powers, open markets, and life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Only Bush, Blair, Brown it is alleged, and some other l...
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78. Leadership and what it means and what it must be.
December 25, 2008
Within the story of the last century we see the rise not only of the great Liberal – Darwin – Freud conflict over the question of human nature and human freedom, but we see towering above the masses the crags and peaks of peculiar individuals, our human ancestors and comrades, called leaders, that s...
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79. The current credit meltdown is actually good news
December 25, 2008
As the American politicians and the rest of the world's 'leaders' get down on all four legs and yelp that big government is our saviour [blessed be the prophet Obama]; it might be mindful to recognise that this so-called 'credit crisis' is really about debt, credit, over-leverage and living beyond o...
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80. Russian imperialism and bloody empire building
December 12, 2008
Russia is an ethno-chauvinist state which has never given up the dream of re-constituting the Soviet empire. It has now invaded and destroyed a small, ancient, and democratic Georgian state allied to the US and NATO. Russia imperialism will now be turned eastwards after destroying this non-Slavic en...
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Author: C. Read
