Dear Wags,

How funny to think a magazine editorial could prod a nation toward its destiny. The one we quote from above did. It was written by Henry R. Luce in the February 17, 1941 issue of Life. Luce urged America to confront totalitarians and become the standard bearer for democratic values. He rejected isolationism in his GOP and thought Roosevelt was too slow to help Britain against the Nazis.

Beyond that, Luce wanted the United States to assert its power in novel ways—not to become an old-fashioned territorial empire, but to dominate in the realm of ideas. As he put it, to exert upon the world the full impact of our influence.

Source - https://jdheyman.substack.com/p/if-civilization-is-over-what-will