"Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn," which will be released on Nov. 5, recounts the history of Woodrow Wilson’s racism and his opposition to women’s suffrage.

Meanwhile, one thing is certain: Somewhere, the original progressive tariff slayer is smiling. Christopher Cox is the author of “Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn” (Simon & Schuster, 2024).

Meanwhile, one thing is certain: Somewhere, the original progressive tariff slayer is smiling. Christopher Cox is the author of “Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn” (Simon & Schuster, 2024).

On Election Day, Wilson won only 42 percent of the popular vote, but he became the 28th president. By 1916, Republicans were no longer fractured when the Democratic convention was held in St. Louis.

In “Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn,” Cox, former congressman and former chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, demonstrates that the 28th president was the nation’s nastiest.

That really established Wilson as a progressive, a reformer, somebody who was out for clean, honest, responsive government, which was the thing that was the coming thing in politics in those days.

Christopher Cox begins his biography as if to hail Woodrow Wilson as conquering tragic hero, his “active presidency” cut short by illness, his legislative legacy one that continues to dominate ...

In recent years, biographies by nonacademics have rescued some presidents from progressive academia’s indifference ...

In “Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn,” Cox, former congressman and former chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, demonstrates that the 28th president was the nation’s nastiest.

Meanwhile, one thing is certain: Somewhere, the original progressive tariff slayer is smiling. Christopher Cox is the author of “Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn” (Simon & Schuster, 2024).