Woodrow Wilson

City Room: New History of Woolworth Building

nytimes.com     21 hrs ago   2 related          

The Woolworth Building, known for its height when it opened in 1913, is being extensively renovated. (Photo: Marilynn K. Yee/The New York Times) On the evening of April 24, 1913, President Woodrow Wilson pressed a tiny button...                

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spiegel.de: Obama's Berlin speech: His words drift far from reality. spiegel.de

Playing innocent abroad

iht.com     23 hrs ago   1,141 related          

Radical optimism is America's contribution to the world. Obama used the word "wall" 16 times in the Berlin speech, and in 11 of those cases, he was talking about walls coming down. Winning the Cold War was the same: "People of...                

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Playing innocent abroad

nwsource.com     21 hrs ago   7 related          

By DAVID BROOKS SYNDICATED COLUMNIST Radical optimism is America's contribution to the world. Obama used the word "wall" 16 times in the Berlin speech, and in 11 of those cases, he was talking about walls coming down. Winning...                

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Playing Innocent Abroad: Obama in Europe.

newsvine.com     23 hrs ago          

Radical optimism is America's contribution to the world. The early settlers thought America's founding would bring God's kingdom to earth. John Adams thought America would emancipate "the slavish part of mankind all over the...                

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Deepak Chopra: Does a New Start Have a Chance?

huffingtonpost.com     19 hrs ago          

Barack Obama's eloquence in the defense of idealism hasn't changed since Iowa, but reaction to it has. "Rhetoric" is what George Bush offered when he promised compassionate conservatism and insisted that he was a uniter, not a...                

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I was very disappointed by how CNN overlooked the "average" black guy

ireport.com     23 hrs ago   5 related          

I, for one, was offended by CNN's portrayal of black men. I think they gave a very objective view of black women the night before and presented the good, along with the bad and at least tried to run the entire spectrum from the...                

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Westfield Unhurt by Lowy Tax Woes (BusinessWeek Online)

yahoo.com     yesterday   9 related          

BusinessWeek Online - Bank accounts held in the small European principality of Liechtenstein are normally prized for their privacy and advantageous tax benefits -- not as a path to being named in a U.S. Senate probe into...                

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The Lion and the Unicorn

antiwar.com     yesterday          

Excerpt: Politics is a spectator sport, akin to baseball or football, but with far greater consequences for the rest of us. After all, no matter how much one despises the New York Yankees, it doesn't really matter much if they...                

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cbsnews.com: Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. cbsnews.com

Political Analogies Are Like Toothbrushes

cbsnews.com     yesterday          

The New Republic: This Election Cycle, Everyone's Using 'Em! Representative media quote: "Obama largely followed Smith's rather than Kennedy's precedent. Obama is: Adlai Stevenson in 1952, 1956 Evidence: Cerebral nature; Lack...                

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Afflicting the Comfortable

correntewire.com     yesterday          

So was born, lived a little space, and died the Progressive party. At its birth it caused the nomination, by the Democrats, and the election, by the people, of Woodrow Wilson. At its death it brought about the nomination of...                

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