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Home » Winston Churchill

Tag: Winston Churchill

Posted inFilm

Gary Oldman is the complete Winston Churchill, but Darkest Hour tells only half the story

by J.R. Jones December 7, 2017August 18, 2021

Joe Wright’s biopic captures a great leader but not the people who empowered him.

Posted inArts & Culture

TimeLine Theatre’s The Audience is too admiring for the audience’s good

by Tony Adler August 30, 2017August 18, 2021

Peter Morgan’s drama gives us a Queen Elizabeth II dull in her dutifulness.

Posted inBlogs

Winston Churchill, Nelson Mandela, and other former prisoners Donald Trump must not like

by Michael Miner July 21, 2015August 18, 2021

Would Trump really dislike all these famous former prisoners, many of whom went on to run countries?

Posted inBlogs

Why is everybody so upset about gerrymandering?

by Michael Miner May 20, 2014August 18, 2021

A case for gerrymandering

Posted inBlogs

Thinking two ways about reckless youth

by Michael Miner November 26, 2013August 19, 2021

The first is important and the second might be more important.

Posted inBlogs

Now online: Adam Curtis’s Margaret Thatcher memorial

by Ben Sachs May 14, 2013August 19, 2021

The British essay-filmmaker has uploaded his 1995 documentary The Attic to his website.

Posted inBlogs

2016: Obama’s America: an exegesis

by Sam Worley October 19, 2012August 19, 2021

I watched Dinesh D’Souza’s crappy movie so you don’t have to

Posted inBlogs

The King’s Speech—A Wonderful Movie

by Michael Miner January 5, 2011August 19, 2021

BRITISH KING TRIUMPHS (as world goes to war)

Posted inBlogs

Requiem for Churchy

by Ted Cox August 14, 2008August 19, 2021

Jose Contreras’s career might be over with the White Sox, but what a great if brief career it was.

Posted inBlogs

Everything old is Newt again

by Harold Henderson December 4, 2006August 19, 2021

Newt Gingrich is back, and he’s trying on Winston Churchill’s suit.

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