Departments
History's Verdict
The presidency measured against the office as it was understood before — Washington, Roosevelt, and the long record.
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The Presidency Teddy Roosevelt Would Not Recognize
On stewardship, spectacle, and the direction of executive power.
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George Washington's Letter to the American Presidency
When Authority Is Mistaken for Possession
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The Truths Presidents Hear—or Don't
How organizational culture determines what truths reach the Oval Office—and which never do.
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When Congress Stopped Saying No
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The Mirror Holds the Flame (In the imagined voice of Edward R. Murrow)
If Edward R. Murrow walked into a newsroom today, he'd recognize every instrument and few of the values.