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Winston Churchill<\/a> was born in 1874. He may well be the most overrated man in the history of the 20th century. He was a warmonger from way back. He is kind of like John McCain if Iraq suddenly attacked us. Everyone would be saying that he was right all along. But he wasn’t and neither was Churchill. I’ve been meaning to write about Neville Chamberlain. [I did: Neville Chamberlain Was Right<\/a> -FM]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is seen as this wimpy guy who appeased Hitler. But the truth is that at that time, the military itself said that they were not ready to go to war. They needed another year. So he gave it to them. Did Churchill do a decent job of running the war? Sure, but not really any better than anyone else would have. So we shouldn’t hold him up as a great hero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some Writers’ Birthdays<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On this day in 1667, the great satirist Jonathan Swift<\/a> was born. Based upon his great works A Modest Proposal<\/i> and Gulliver’s Travels<\/i>, one would think that he was a flaming liberal. But he was actually a Tory. I’ll try to forget that going forward because his writing was mostly really great.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lucy Maud Montgomery<\/a> was born in 1874. She is the writer of Anne of Green Gables<\/a><\/i>, and its many sequels. I really liked them when I was younger. But in retrospect, only the first book was any good. Still, it is a classic. And she is a very important children’s author.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The comedy writer and songwriter Allan Sherman<\/a> was born in 1924. He was a very funny guy, but everyone knows him from this great song:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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