Sublime

For a quarter century, he had stuck to an undeviating path that led straight to the creation of an independent republic, the enactment of the Constitution, and the formation of the federal government. History records few examples of a leader who so earnestly wanted to do the right thing, not just for himself but for his country. Avoiding moral shor

held up as the most powerful woman in the world and taken down as an “angry black woman.”

In all these stories, the one thing that stands out to me is this: the impact of one person’s choice.

Shortly before Clinton left office, Arafat called Clinton to thank him and told the president that he was a great man. President Clinton replied, “Mr. Chairman, I am not a great man. I am a failure, and you have made me one.”

In the final days before the election, the Democratic Party aired a national ad accusing “Bush cronies,” Ed Gillespie and Karl Rove, and “shills for big business” of “stealing our democracy.” The spot depicted an old woman getting mugged. The image, though, was hackneyed, and the message simplistic. It was almost impossible to explain to the public

established the President’s Commission on the Status of Women,

History had taught republicans to distrust luminaries.

Coulter’s 2015 polemic ¡Adios, America! was perhaps the most influential book of the 2016 presidential campaign.