Woodrow Wilson’s struggle withphysical affliction—which emerged long before the famous stroke that crippled the last part of his presidency—may have been admirable, but its secret nature compromised Wilson’s own values—and raises the question of how different history might have been had the American public been told the truth.
Arms control once held center stage in U.S. foreign policy, but it has quietly faded away.
Do American presidents really need a war to prove their worth?
By Andrew Meier. Norton. 511 pp. $28.95
There's plenty of cause for concern, but the media mostly worries about the wrong stuff.
A longtime Mideast observer believes that a Jewish state is an anachronism.
Low interest rates have been a boon to homeowners but a disaster for retirees. Something's got to give.
The purported shortage of native-born scientific researchers seems to lack just one thing: hard evidence.
Thinking about forgeries makes a noted critic wonder about the nature of art itself.