(THE CONVERSATION) Former President Jimmy Carter, who died on Dec. 29, 2024, at age 100 at his home in Plains, Georgia, was a dark horse Democratic presidential candidate with little national ...
Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts for the 1980 Democratic presidential nomination, was crushed by GOP nominee Ronald Reagan in the general election, with the former California governor sweeping 44 ...
James S. Robbins is dean of academics at the Institute of World Politics in Washington, DC and author of the forthcoming book “Forging Peace Through Strength: Ronald Reagan and the Cold War.” ...
Ford ascended to the top of American politics in 1974 after the resignation of Richard Nixon due to the Watergate scandal, which made him the only President never to have been elected as either ...