Posts Tagged ‘Jimmy Carter’
Recalling another inauguration and a hostage homecoming
It was another time of transition. A one-term president, accepting his electoral defeat, was on his way out. The president-elect in the then normal course of events became the new…
Read MoreHappy 100th Birthday, President Carter!
Peanut farmer James Earl “Jimmy” Carter, Jr., our 39th commander in chief often mocked as president but revered as ex-president, entered hospice in February 2023 and I began writing this…
Read MoreThe GOP convention convulses…in 1976!
It was not yet morning in America. Nor was it mourning in America. That had already happened, in 1963 (JFK), and in 1968 (MLK, RFK). Four years after Richard Nixon…
Read MoreHappy 100th Birthday, Jimmy Carter. I knew you when.
Peanut farmer James Earl “Jimmy” Carter, Jr., our 39th commander in chief often mocked as president but revered as ex-president, entered hospice in February and I began writing this in…
Read MoreA Plains Christmas and Pride in Charley, R.I.P.
A Plains Christmas It is so vivid in my mind, it seems like yesterday. But 40 years ago next week I boarded Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base…
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