An exemplary post-presidency. (And a pretty good presidency, too.)
Belying public (and often pundit) perceptions, Jimmy Carter had an often consequential and constructive White House tenure.
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Belying public (and often pundit) perceptions, Jimmy Carter had an often consequential and constructive White House tenure.
At his best, Carter was able to take innovative stands on perplexing issues in ways that produced lasting improvement.
Ninety-eight years of an exceptional life. What I learned by working for him long ago, and by studying his example since then.
Jimmy Carter, the 39th and the longest-living U.S. president, has chosen to enter hospice care at age 98. This is a good time to try to place his presidency in history. Indeed more years separate us in 2023 from Carter’s time in office than separated Carter from Franklin D. Roosevelt’s.