Since former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam’s death, a lot has been written about him. Much of it has ranged from the adulatory to the awe-stricken, particularly from people who are on the left-wing side of the political spectrum. Leftists, liberals, and social democrats have sometimes tempered their praise with perfunctory reservations about the wisdom of … Continue reading Whitlam, Timor, And The Great Men Of History Myth