I'm still reading the Churchill biography. And it occurs to me that he's a very dangerous example. I can very well imagine people reading this and thinking to themselves, "Gee, I've stood up for unpopular positions and limited my career because of it...

I'm reading "The Lost Lion," a mammoth biography of Winston Churchill. Right now we are between wars and Winston is a back-bencher. There was a time during the thirties when he was done for, a complete has-been. He had a stellar early career and was the...