[The American public demands] a sense of legitimacy from and in the presidency. There is more to this than dignity, more than propriety. The presiden….

Ronald Reagan is the first modern President whose contempt for the facts is treated as a charming idiosyncrasy..

The Kennedy home was a place of much action and laughter, a lively, brawling mob of children overseen by a mother who knew when to look the other way..

Trying to make the presidency work these days is like trying to sew buttons on a custard pie..