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Isaiah Berlin On Winston Churchill

Posted on May 23, 2012 by William Holland

For all those recent college graduates looking to emulate true leadership, take a look at what Isaiah Berlin found about Winston Churchill:  ‘No strongly centralized political organization feels altogether happy with individuals who combine independence, a free imagination, and a … Continue reading →

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Partisan Humanism, Ideology & The Limits Of Political Passion

Posted on November 10, 2010 by William Holland

Edmund Burke and Lord Acton were the first to meaningfully engage the eclipse of Christian transcendence that was the French Revolution.  Many other writers throughout the West have done the same in articulating the humanism that embodied Soviet Marxism:  Raymond … Continue reading →

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Pakistan: The Wavering Ally

Posted on October 12, 2010 by William Holland

Ryan Crocker was U.S. ambassador to both Pakistan & Iraq from 2004-2009, he most certainly knows the region and its ambitions regarding American presence.  His latest speech reveals the limited range of policy options that constrains Pakistan.  This is not … Continue reading →

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Escape From Freedom

Posted on August 7, 2010 by William Holland

Their remain very few writers whom understood the perils of Totalitarian life and its psychological consequences better than Orwell, Tocqueville, Huxley, Pope John aPaul II, Raymond Aron, Churchill or Frankl.  All have written extensively on pursuing lines of thought critical … Continue reading →

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Cyril Northcote Parkinson: A Guru For Financial Goverance

Posted on August 3, 2010 by William Holland

Very few writers ever acclaim the status of Cyril Northcote Parkinson.  Born in 1909 and died in 1993, he befriended most of the great literary and military persons of the British Empire, wrote both Naval and Political treaties that remain … Continue reading →

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George Orwell & Aldous Huxley Fathers of Doublespeak: A Clarion Call To Church & Artists

Posted on July 7, 2010 by William Holland

Both Orwell (real name Eric Blair) and Huxley left a substantial body of work that bore out the conviction that modern man was incapable of coping, resolving the demands of his time.  Other writers, less artistic yet still formidable in … Continue reading →

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