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“Shall We All Commit Suicide?”: Churchill’s Scientific Imagination – Part 2
31
Oct
2020
By PAUL K. ALKON
Churchill’s affinity for scientific techniques, themes and writers significantly proclaims his openness toward the future—and its perils.
What did Winston Churchill mean when he said, “Man is Spirit”?
30
Apr
2020
1
By LARRY P. ARNN
Churchill is interested in the ultimate ground of human freedom. He is the guardian of that freedom, of the right to be fully human: Man is spirit.
“Blood Toil Tears and Sweat”: Toasting a Great Statesman
10
Feb
2020
By Larry P. Arnn
Churchill loved war. His spirit rose when it came. He fought on battlefields with a mixture of dash and calm courage. He directed wars in cabinet rooms with the moral courage and unflinching nerve that yields the best decisions.
But Churchill loved something else better than he loved war. He loved peace. He loved freedom. He loved governments that protected the rights of their people and operated only with their consent.
Churchill’s Visions of the Future in “Thoughts and Adventures”
20
Apr
2018
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
“The relevance of the life of Winston Churchill to our time is apparent in the newspaper any day,” writes Dr. Larry Arnn. “It is not so much that the great world wars and the Cold War shaped the time in which we live, although they do. The problem of rule, say the old philosophers, is fundamental. If this is our problem, then Churchill is a man to study.”