Most Americans have a pretty short sense of history, yet it’s our most valuable intellectual tool for understanding perspective—and perspective is everything. The words of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill have always, and will always, ring true: “Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”
In case you haven’t been paying attention, there’s a lot of anarchy going around these days. Don’t take my word for it: The Wall Street Journal reports, “Four months on, antigovernment demonstrations have swept more than a dozen countries. From Chile and Bolivia to Lebanon and Spain, millions have taken to the streets—sometimes peacefully, often not.” Hong Kong unrest is clearly at […]