Wait, I thought you said there was a positive side.

Tam linked to this erudite article from one of my leftist betters, in which I learn that “positive” does not mean what he thinks it means.

Despite having brought to light this oft-forgotten aspect of Woodrow Wilson’s policies, which reflected his background as a product of the Old Confederacy and represent an indelible stain on his reputation, I want to issue a note of caution about the campaign to remove him from the Princeton campus and elsewhere in the country.

We must also recognize the positive side of his legacy: the federal income tax, the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Trade Commission, the Clayton Anti-Trust Act, and the other notable achievements of his domestic policy known as the “New Freedom” that in many ways served as a precursor to Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal.

If I may be permitted to Godwin my own post, that’s a lot like saying that Hitler may have been a bit hateful toward Jews, but on the other hand he sure did break a lot of treaties.