• The curious case of Woodrow Wilson

    Open Forum     |      February 4, 2024

    February 3rd marked the centennial of Woodrow Wilson’s death, a natural time for meditations on his legacy. Once highly regarded, despite spending the last 18 months of his Presidency incapacitated by a stroke, no President suffered a more precipitous decline in reputation and esteem.

  • Why Truman stands taller than Trump

    Mike Scrafton     |      August 4, 2019

    Harry S. Truman was at least 10 centimetres smaller in stature than Donald Trump, but he towers above him as a national and international leader.