Topic - Winston Churchill

• LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Gingrich the cure for what ails us?

  In a surprising turnaround, the people of South Carolina apparently chose someone they believe has the gumption to fight the status quo as well as win against President Obama ("Drama king Newt Gingrich shines in Southern Gothic," Web, Saturday).

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  Churchill research center to be built in D.C.

  An international group seeking to preserve the legacy of Winston Churchill announced plans Thursday to create the first U.S. research center devoted to the British leader.

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  GINGRICH: A student of conservatism with the right touch of the absurd

  Tony Blankley was a remarkable man. He combined intellect, passion for freedom and passion for life into a wonderful personality that attracted virtually everyone privileged to work with him or know him.

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  SHRUM: Valor always visible

  Tony Blankley was a convinced and convincing conservative. He knew he couldn't convince me, but he relished the debate. In that, he was like Bill Buckley - fierce, erudite, irreverent. Tony could quote Churchill perfectly and from memory, invoke Cicero in almost any context and, at any moment, sculpt a razor-sharp response to the latest issue.

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  WALKER: We're lucky Tony's wife shared him with us

  When Newt Gingrich was House speaker and Tony was his press secretary, he brought warmth, humor and intelligence into the policy discussions on Capitol Hill. He was the speaker's spokesman, but much more than that. He helped to fashion the projects and policies that he later would go to the podium to explain. When he argued his viewpoint, he was clear and firm.

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  Tony Blankley, former editorial page editor of The Times, dies at 63

  Tony Blankley, a noted conservative author and commentator and former editorial page editor of The Washington Times, died late Saturday, according to family sources. He was 63 and had been battling stomach cancer.

• SANDERS: The limits of personal diplomacy

  Back in prehistory, during the Cold War, students of Kremlinology - the arcane science and art of trying to unravel what Winston Churchill called "a riddle wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma" - identified a dangerous heresy. "Mirror-imaging," it was called, defined as attributing to Moscow our own motivations, rather than understanding a Soviet communist leadership who lived in a completely different world and dreamed different dreams.

• EASTLAND: Democracy is messy

  "Democracy is messy." I didn't originate that. My old boss Don Rumsfeld did when the U.S. was first trying to put Iraq back together again, but it applies to democracy in general.

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  MILLOY: Time to leash Obama's EPA

  Will House Republicans squander an entire year of effort to rein in the Environmental Protection Agency?

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  BOOK REVIEW: 'Gallipoli'

  ''Whether success or failure attends you," wrote British admiral Sir Edward Seymour in the late 19th century, "England nearly always approves an officer who has evidently done his best. You have only to do what seems proper, and if it turns out badly, it is the fault of Nature for not having made you cleverer." Adm. Seymour was not involved in the Franco-British campaign against Turkey in World War I, but his spirit was very much present.

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  SHARP & MALAIKAH: On the brink of breakthrough

  Let's face it, Yemen is a mess. Civil war has begun in Sanaa, and violence and unrest are ongoing outside the capital. It needs elections sooner rather than later. The United States and the international community should monitor the process for fairness but must not lead it. After 10 months of back-and-forth negotiations, it is clear that Yemen can only ever be really fixed by the hardy Yemeni people. Once they begin that vital process, starting with elections, they will need substantial outside assistance and investment.

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  BOOK REVIEW: 'De Gaulle'

  The major leaders in World War II have come down to us as either saints or scoundrels. An exception is the man who led France from exile during World War II, Charles de Gaulle, who is now the subject of a succinct biography by World War II historian Michael Haskew.

• Cameras stream Canadian polar bear migration

  In the harsh, remote wilds of the Canadian tundra, a wolverine scampers up to a polar bear snoozing near the shore of the Hudson Bay. The bear rises and makes a half-hearted charge, driving away the fierce, badger-like animal.

• Cameras stream Canadian polar bear migration

  In the harsh, remote wilds of the Canadian tundra, a wolverine scampers up to a polar bear snoozing near the shore of the Hudson Bay. The bear rises and makes a half-hearted charge, driving away the fierce, badger-like animal.

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  BOOK REVIEW: 'A First-Rate Madness'

  Dr. Nassir Ghaemi is a professor of psychiatry at Tufts University who serves also on the faculty of the Harvard Medical School and holds degrees in history, philosophy and public health. He would seem well-equipped to explore the effects of mental illness on leadership abilities, and that he has done in a thoughtful and readable way.

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