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

- James David Barber

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.

- James David Barber

[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…

- James David Barber

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

- James David Barber