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I Welcomed America's Invasion of My Country 15 Years Ago

Edit The Atlantic 08 Oct 2016
In October of 2001, my three siblings and I were secretly watching an old Bollywood movie in the basement of our house in central Kabul, Afghanistan—watching movies was punishable by public shaming and jail time under Taliban—when Americans dropped the first bomb on the city ... It was 15 years ago, and I was only 16 years old ... The news of the U.S ... invasion ... But looking back, I realize that my father was having one of his Wilsonian moments....

Obama-Clinton: Siamese Twins of Reaction

Edit CounterPunch 16 Sep 2016
Language is corruptive, giving legitimacy to present-day power relations, screening out critical meaning and analysis as fortifying existing power ... contemptuous of all that does not serve wealth and wealth-making ... Democrats and Republicans alike are skilled practitioners in red-baiting, and with rare exceptions, like the New Deal, always have been (with Wilsonian liberalism leading the charge in modern times) ... ....

Fall arts preview: 11 shows that shouldn't be missed

Edit NJ dot com 11 Sep 2016
The fall arts calendar includes a world premiere by Savion Glover, "Richard III" at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey and performances by Gladys Knight, Sharon Jones and Renee Fleming ... Here are some of the hot tickets.  A new maestra for NJSO ... The maestra leads a weekend of all-Tchaikovsky programs starting Oct ... 22 ... Sept. 22-Jan ... Under the direction of Wilsonian maestro Ruben Santiago-Hudson, with Brandon Dirden, James A ... Sept ... 9 ... ....

An Attack on Founding Principles at the Claremont Institute

Edit The Atlantic 09 Sep 2016
When historians look back at the decline and fall of the conservative movement, a chapter should cover the Claremont Institute’s compromising attempts to tap populist energy. The latest object is Donald Trump ... The essay is an attempt to change the minds of conservatives who refuse to support the GOP nominee ... “2016 is the Flight 93 election ... Except one ... ... Decius’ Constitution is thus far more Wilsonian and Progressive than the original ... ....

India or China? Who will lead global 'Easternisation'?

Edit Khaleej Times 01 Sep 2016
In the popular science of 'Endology', the decline-and the eventual fall-of the West is a perennial fascination ... And in the evolutionary history of power, apogee is followed by atrophy, so it is the West's turn to retreat to irrelevance ... Don't abandon hope ... In Easternisation ... America has come a long way from Wilsonian idealism, and there is no leader in Washington or elsewhere in the West today who is not a risk-averse pragmatist ... ....

The transformation of the Democratic Party from the relative “peace party” to a belligerent “war party” occurred during Bill Clinton’s presidency and is likely to resume if Hillary Clinton is elected, writes James W Carden. By James W Carden

Edit Information Clearing House 24 Aug 2016
foreign policy is largely over whether the U.S ... foreign policy ... Baker ... The pursuit of American global hegemony was not, according to Krauthammer, some “Wilsonian fantasy.” It was, rather, “a matter of sheerest prudence.” ... Calleo has observed that while the Clinton administration “had always sported a low-grade Wilsonian rhetoric that implied hegemonic ambitions,” it was only after Dayton that “the policy began to imitate the rhetoric.”....

Past Presidential Impacts on Trade (North Dakota Trade Office)

Edit Public Technologies 18 Aug 2016
(Source. North Dakota Trade Office). The presidential elections are coming up in November and Americans nationwide are deciding which candidate's viewpoints best match their own. With the debates beginning next month, there will surely be some heated discussion on hot button topics such as the environment, crime and health care ... GDP by 5% ... For most of U.S ... U.S ... He was of the Wilsonian believe that free trade encouraged prosperity and peace....

National Security Candidates, Then and Now (The Institute of World Politics)

Edit Public Technologies 05 Aug 2016
(Source. The Institute of World Politics) ... The personal nature of the campaign has no precedent in recent history and, at times, has taken on the spectacle of a comic opera, with both candidates ranking historic low numbers in the 'unfavorable' column ... You run the best race you can, you hand off the baton ... He coined the term 'Wilsonianism' as a description of the quintessential American worldview on behalf of liberty and democracy....

100 years ago in Spokane: Girl sets record for graduating 8th grade

Edit The Spokesman-Review 11 Jun 2016
From our archives, 100 years ago. Lenora Frances Olsen graduated from the eighth grade at Washington School – and set a record ... The Spokesman-Review said that a Roosevelt third-party candidacy would “lay upon the country four more more years of Wilsonian weakness in a crisis of grave national perils and tremendous international complications.” The paper called Hughes “vigorous, clear-cut, patriotic and statesmanlike.” ... ....

Trump's Self-Pitying Aggression

Edit The Atlantic 19 May 2016
Roughly five minutes into his interview on Wednesday night with Fox’s Megyn Kelly, Donald Trump said something that’s crucial to understanding his political success. Kelly asked him about being a bully ... I’m responding. I respond by maybe, times ten ... They have little interest in the “Hamiltonian” project of prying other countries open to American commerce or the “Wilsonian” project of spreading democracy and liberty across the globe ... ....

The Donald wants to stop monkeying around in the Mideast | Mulshine

Edit NJ dot com 10 May 2016
It's more than a little curious that Donald Trump is considered crazy for not wanting more war in the Mideast while those so-called "neo" conservatives who made a mess of the issue think they're the sane ones ... Synonyms are "simian" and "apelike." ... Alas, the opposite is true ...  That's been the accepted wisdom among internationalists of both parties, whether they call themselves "neo" conservatives or Wilsonians ... ....

How 'America First' Got Its Nationalistic Edge

Edit The Atlantic 06 May 2016
Hearst therefore stepped forward in January of that year with a speech decrying the internationalist Roosevelt as a Wilsonian meddler, opportunist, and the sort of fellow who would “allow the international bankers and the other big influences that have gambled with your prosperity to gamble with your politics.” Hearst preferred “a man … whose ......

It's a wonder Donald Trump doesn't get more upset with the media | Mulshine

Edit NJ dot com 03 May 2016
The more I watch Donald Trump field questions from clueless interviewers on TV, the more I admire his patience - especially with the completely clueless Chris Wallace of Fox News. A lot of people say that Donald Trump is too outspoken during his interviews with journalists. Not me ... I saw a classic example of that when Trump was interviewed on Fox News Sunday by Chris Wallace ... Bush was, of course, firmly and proudly in the Wilsonian camp....
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