The Battle for Churchill’s Bust
Mitt Romney has vowed to return a bust of Winston Churchill to the Oval Office if he unseats Barack Obama in November. But nostalgia for Churchill, rather than a sign of American vitality, looks more like a romantic rearguard battle, typical of a country in decline.
NEW YORK – The election of the United States’ next president is surely the most important contest in the democratic world. Yet the issues being contested can seem awfully trivial. Consider, for instance, the question of Winston Churchill’s bust.
NEW YORK – The election of the United States’ next president is surely the most important contest in the democratic world. Yet the issues being contested can seem awfully trivial. Consider, for instance, the question of Winston Churchill’s bust.