Month: January 2005

The Bear’s Lair: The costs of Wilsonism

To a British ear, President George W. Bush’s Inaugural speech Thursday was quintessentially Wilsonian, but from not one but two Wilsons – Woodrow, messianic World War I president of the United States and Harold, dirigiste socialist 1960s British prime minister. Woodrow’s faith in the ability of the United States to solve all problems abroad was […]