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Louis Brandeis confirmed as Justice, 100 year ago today (National Constitution Center)

Edit Public Technologies 01 Jun 2016
(Source. National Constitution Center). It was 100 years ago today that the Senate voted to confirm attorney Louis Brandeis to the Supreme Court, ending an ugly and hard-fought fight over his nomination ... The Wall Street Journal and New York Times led the press opposition to Brandeis, calling him a 'radical.' Among the Republicans who opposed his nomination were Taft, Henry Cabot Lodge and Elihu Root ... Kennedy ... Comments. 0comments ... (noodl....

MUSINGS / May 7, 2016

Edit The Japan News 07 May 2016
The Yomiuri ShimbunThe following is a translation of the Henshu Techo column from The Yomiuri Shimbun’s May 7 issue. * * *. The heaviest president in U.S. history was William Taft, the 27th president. It is said he weighed 160 kilograms. There is an anecdote in “Secret Lives of the U.S ... “Went on a horse ride today; feeling good.”. Feeling uneasy, U.S. Secretary of War Elihu Root replied ... + - ... ....

Zobel: . . . Can set the stage for GOP’s healing

Edit Boston Herald 23 Apr 2016
Columnists authoritatively, Republicans tearfully, and Democrats gleefully — all agree that the GOP will splinter into oblivion. History, however, says. Not so fast; remember 1912 ... In other ways, however, Taft disappointed Roosevelt ... Unfortunately, the Republican establishment, including such longtime Roosevelt friends as Henry Cabot Lodge and Elihu Root, believed that TR’s unseating Taft would deal the GOP a fatal wound ... ....

Rules of the GOP Fraternal Order

Edit The American Spectator 15 Apr 2016
Rule One ... Rule Two ... Uh-oh ... 48 ... The managers of President Taft's campaign for renomination elected their Temporary Chairman, Elihu Root, by 558 votes, or only 18 more than a majority, which is none too encouraging a showing ... President Taft's managers are putting out the claim that they will be able to hold enough of the 558 votes cast for Senator Root to-day to give Mr ... Root to-day are instructed for and must vote for the nomination of Col....

On This Day: It’s the 100th anniversary of Brandeis’ Supreme Court nomination (National Constitution Center) ...

Edit Public Technologies 28 Jan 2016
(Source. National Constitution Center). On January 28, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson nominated the successful Boston attorney Louis Brandeis to the Supreme Court ... Link. Read The Original Brandeis Brief ... The Wall Street Journal and New York Times led the press opposition to Brandeis, calling him a 'radical.' Among the Republicans who opposed his nomination were Taft, Henry Cabot Lodge and Elihu Root ... On This Day ... Comments. comments ... (noodl....

Donald Trump is not only obnoxious, he's sad: George F. Will

Edit Penn Live 28 Dec 2015
By George F. Will. WASHINGTON -- If you look beyond Donald Trump's comprehensive unpleasantness -- is there a disagreeable human trait he does not have? -- you might see this. He is a fundamentally sad figure. George F ...   ... Well ... Henry Cabot Lodge, one of TR's closest friends, and Elihu Root, TR's secretary of war and then secretary of state), the Republican Party survived as a counterbalance to a progressive Democratic Party ... ....

David Rubin: College campuses need fewer listening sessions, more edgy dialogues

Edit Syracuse 27 Dec 2015
It's the foolhardy college administrator these days who doesn't have his or her ear pressed tightly to the ground to track student sentiment ... In this category I put removing Woodrow Wilson's name from the Princeton campus, or Elihu Root's name from Hamilton ... Root's apparent sin was helping to oversee colonies won in the Spanish-American war. When students force such discussions of Wilson and Root (and Jefferson Davis and John C ... ....

Conservatives' highest priority

Edit Philadelphia Daily News 25 Dec 2015
If you look beyond Donald Trump's comprehensive unpleasantness - is there a disagreeable human trait he does not have? - you might see this.. He is a fundamentally sad figure. His compulsive boasting is evidence of insecurity ... Well ... Almost ... Henry Cabot Lodge, one of TR's closest friends, and Elihu Root, TR's secretary of war and then secretary of state), the Republican Party survived as a counterbalance to a progressive Democratic Party ... ....

George Will: A conservative party jeopardized by Trump

Edit The Oklahoman 24 Dec 2015
WASHINGTON — If you look beyond Donald Trump's comprehensive unpleasantness — is there a disagreeable human trait he does not have? — you might see this. He is a fundamentally sad figure ... Well ... Almost ... Henry Cabot Lodge, one of TR's closest friends, and Elihu Root, TR's secretary of war and then secretary of state), the Republican Party survived as a counterbalance to a progressive Democratic Party....

A conservative party jeopardized by Trump

Edit Stars and Stripes 24 Dec 2015
WASHINGTON. If you look beyond Donald Trump’s comprehensive unpleasantness — is there a disagreeable human trait he does not have? — you might see this. He is a fundamentally sad figure ... Well ... Almost ... Henry Cabot Lodge, one of TR’s closest friends, and Elihu Root, TR’s secretary of war and then secretary of state), the Republican Party survived as a counterbalance to a progressive Democratic Party ...  . ....

Tunisian democracy group wins Nobel Peace Prize

Edit Dawn 09 Oct 2015
OSLO. Tunisia's National Dialogue Quartet won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its contribution to building democracy after the Jasmine Revolution in 2011, the Nobel Committee said. The Norwegian Nobel Committee cited the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet "for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy" in the North African country following its 2011 revolution ... 2015 ... Elihu Root (US) 1911 ... ....

Boost for Arab Spring: Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet wins Nobel Peace Prize

Edit CNN 09 Oct 2015
(CNN)The Nobel Peace Prize Committee confounded expectations Friday -- bypassing figures such as Pope Francis and German Chancellor Angela Merkel -- and handed the award to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet for its "decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in the country in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011." ... Read More ... 94 photos ... 1 of 94 ... American jurist and statesman Elihu Root, who served as U.S....

Grandmaster of the Great Game Obama’s Geopolitical Strategy for Containing China

Edit Information Clearing House 17 Sep 2015
Elihu Root, the original architect of America’s rise to global power; Zbigniew Brzezinski, national security adviser to President Carter, who shattered the Soviet Empire, making the U.S ... Elihu Root, Architect of American Power. All but forgotten today, Elihu Root was the true architect of America’s transformation from an insular continental nation into a major player on the world stage....
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