text: I suspect that this election has much in common with the one that followed WW1. Wilson wanted to change the US into a world power by signing on to an international organization, the League of Nations. He lost the election and the US had to wait another25 years before the chance came again. In the present election, one candidate is offering the US and opportunity to lead the world on a number of world changing issues. The other is offering an ultra-conservative America that rejects internationalism and retreats behind a wall in splendid isolation. Let's hope we don't have to wait another 20 years before a majority of Americans recognize that they need the rest of the world just as much the rest of the world needs them.