Word: mindedness
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Jefferson also had isolationist instincts. "Jefferson saw France and England as capricious monarchies," says Lehigh University political scientist Richard Matthews, author of The Radical Politics of Thomas Jefferson. "He believed in waging war for the right reasons--for example, a threat to U.S. sovereignty--not for capricious ones." Factoring into...
When I first came to the Washington Times, I thought I was open-minded. In the first of many lessons the paper has taught me this summer, I found that wasn’t true. Not even close.
At first we were civil. I asked why she believed in God; she told me; I pondered. She asked what Jewish holidays were like; I brought her to my great aunt’s house for Passover; she got tipsy on Manichewitz and appreciated my culture. But then we got...
In the 1970s, the Rev. Anderson, already established as a civil-rights activist, took naturally to the fight for female priesthood in Episcopalianism. "A few of us moved things along," she says. "It wasn't unlike the struggle for gays and lesbians today." But with that goal achieved (and her...
Unlike most elections, the race to become European Commission President takes place behind closed doors. There's no real campaigning (just lots of backroom dealing) and only 25 people have a say - the heads of the E.U. member states. Usually, the best man for the job is defined as the...