Tuesday offered a sad but telling snapshot from the Donald Trump campaign trail, capturing how the Republican seems to intimidate the press and how journalists too often bend to his will. Tuesday morning, Trump was scheduled to appear live on several morning programs, via satellites from his home in Florida. But after Trump reportedly didn't…
It should come as no surprise that former President Jimmy Carter has elected to spend his last days, months, or years in the comfort and familiarity of his home town of Plains, Georgia. Jimmy, as he has preferred to be called, was at heart a small-town guy, as I quickly learned when I, along with the fraternity of exhausted souls, covered his campaign during those five grueling years from 1972 to 1976.
Ever the outsider, Jimmy Carter served a turbulent term in the White House. His presidency was beset by soaring interest and inflation rates, gasoline pump lines and the Iran hostage crisis that eventually led to his re-election defeat.
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