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Winston Churchill’s Darkest Hour
Last Saturday I dropped off my two oldest sons and their friend at the theatre. I planned to kill a couple of hours at the bookstore, on my laptop, at a coffee shop, whatever. When I got out of the car the balmy two-degree temperature in Pittsburgh prompted second thoughts. Instead, I strolled into the theater complex, looked around, and saw a poster for “Darkest Hour.” I vaguely knew it was a movie about Winston Churchill. I bought a ticket and went in.
Posted in Media Watch
Tagged Adolph Hitler, Anthony Eden, Anthony McCarten, Clement Attlee, Darkest Hour, Gary Oldman, Joe Wright, King George VI, Neville Chamberlain, Paul Reynaud, Viscount Halifax, Winston Churchill
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COMPROMISE: Pavlovian Response of a Wussbag Worldview
Why do we assume that compromise is a good thing? The word itself provokes a Pavlovian response across Western culture, but is compromise categorically a good thing? By definition, compromise requires all parties involved to meet somewhere in the middle of their respective positions, yet half of Evil is still Evil, is it not? Should we applaud those who compromised with Josef Stalin for their statecraft? How does history view Neville Chamberlain and the lives which were lost as a result of his lack of intestinal fortitude and willingness to compromise? Compromise can be a good thing, but not when …
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Tagged compromise, Francis Schaeffer, Josef Stalin, Neville Chamberlain, Sarah Palin
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