“I am going to teach [them] to elect good men.” --President Woodrow Wilson, referring to his decision in 1914 to invade Mexico.  (Quoted in Peter Smith, Talons of the Eagle: Dynamics of U.S.-Latin American Relations. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. page 51.) When the American electorate handed the Republicans a majority in the national legislature, the world gave it some thought … [Read More]

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