Category Archives: Government & Politics
Should the USA Export Democracy?
“America as the savior of the world” These words of President Woodrow Wilson were spoken to an audience in Portland, Oregon, 1919, referencing the USA’s role in the establishment of the League of Nations after the end of World War … Continue reading
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Tagged Danzig corridor, Democracy, First World War, Human Rights and Democracy Fund, League of Nations, Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Civil Society and Emerging Democracies, the war to end war, The Warsaw Declaration, Treaty of Versailles, US State Department
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Political Correctness…
… and the “Cult of Personality” The phrase “politically correct,” or “PC,” was first publicly used by a British Ministry of Information official during the First World War. It later appeared in Mao Zedung’s “Little Red Book” in the early … Continue reading