Jimmy Carter

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  12/14/2021
  

  Government Regulation is Necessary, but it has to be Smart

  by Paul Sabin

  Two legislative initiatives championed by the Carter administration show the challenge of balancing strong environmental regulation with administrative efficiency and accountability. The balance has, of course, been difficult to strike. 

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  11/29/2021
  

  Can Biden Avoid Carter's Biggest Blunder?

  by Meg Jacobs

  “I’ll give it to you straight,” Carter said. “Each one of us will have to use less oil and pay more for it.” This arguably sensible position was disastrous politics. Can Biden do more to encourage conservation while acknowledging the economic pain fuel prices inflict?

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  5/17/2021
  

  A Famed Folk Singer Won a Presidential Pardon after Molesting a Child. Did He Prey on Others?

  Jimmy Carter's pardon of singer Peter Yarrow for sexual assault against a minor was overshadowed by the Iranian hostage crisis. Did he victimize others? (Content Advisory)

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• SOURCE: The Nation
  4/22/2021
  

  Fritz Mondale and Decency

  by Kai Bird

  Jimmy Carter thought the vice presidency was "a wasted national asset." He gave Walter Mondale the charge and the freedom to redefine the role. 

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• 4/25/2021
  

  Walter F. Mondale and the Creation of the New Vice Presidency

  by Joel K. Goldstein

  Walter Mondale worked with Jimmy Carter to redefine the vice presidency from a stepping stone to a key public servant, and infused this new role with compassion. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  12/5/2020
  

  Trump’s Voter Fraud Yarn is Unraveling. But it can Still Help the GOP

  Rick Perlstein suggests that the Republicans' unwillingness to condemn Trump's wild theories about a stolen election are part of a historical pattern of fear that if the electorate expands Republicans will be lose. The theories won't overturn this election, but they will be used to justify future restrictions on the ballot.

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• SOURCE: Washington Monthly
  10/20/2020
  

  How Jimmy Carter Kept Me Sane

  by Jonathan Alter

  "I wrote my Carter biography during the toxic Trump years. The Georgian’s kindness and honesty are an inspiration for me and should be for America, too."

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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  8/18/2020
  

  ‘Reaganland,’ by Rick Perlstein: An Excerpt

  'Reaganland: America's Right Turn, 1976-1980' is available now.

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian
  8/17/2020
  

  An Interview With ‘Playboy’ Magazine Nearly Torpedoed Jimmy Carter’s Presidential Campaign

  by Rick Perlstein

  Jimmy Carter's 1976 campaign was nearly destroyed by an honest and introspective magazine interview; the fact that the magazine was "Playboy" did not help.

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• 8/9/2020
  

  The 1976 Election: Why We Can't Predict Vice Presidential Selections in Advance

  by Daniel K. Williams

  The 1976 campaign highlights a paradox: while the person a presidential nominee chooses as their running mate might be surprising, that individual is selected using criteria that are predictable. 

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• 2/16/20
  

  Jimmy Carter: The Last of the Fiscally Responsible Presidents

  by Joe Renouard

  Jimmy Carter’s Economy Was Better than You Think

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  2/12/20
  

  Is Pete Buttigieg Jimmy Carter 2.0?

  by J. Brooks Flippen

  To win the White House and be a successful president, he must learn from an eerily similar candidate.

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• 1/22/20
  

  The History of Presidential Misconduct Beyond Watergate and Iran-Contra

  by HNN Staff

  At the AHA, James Banner, Kathryn Olmstead, Kevin Kruse, and Jeremi Suri discussed how they revived a long forgotten report on presidential misconduct. 

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• 12/22/19
  

  Jimmy Carter: Watergate’s Final Victim

  by Michael A. Genovese

  Today, at 95, Carter is the longest-lived president in history, as well as the nation’s longest-retired president. Facing several health-related challenges, perhaps it is time to reflect on the rise, fall, and rise of James Earl “Jimmy” Carter.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  10/1/19
  

  Jimmy Carter once thought he was nearing death. The longest-living former U.S. president just turned 95.

  Carter has reached yet another milestone despite thinking he was on the verge of death just a few years earlier, after doctors discovered that cancer had spread to his brain.

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• 9/1/19
  

  The Carter Presidency Reconsidered

  by Richard Moe

  “We told the truth, we obeyed the law, we kept the peace and we championed human rights.” 

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• 7/7/19
  

  Jimmy Carter, Public Historian

  by Evan A. Kutzler

  The work that the Carters do at the local level meets the National Council on Public History's inclusive definition of the field: "public history describes the many and diverse ways in which history is put to work in the world."

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• 4/14/19
  

  Health Care for All – A Cautionary Tale from the 1970s

  by Richard Moe

  If the ultimate goal is to expand affordable health care to every American, Jimmy Carter and Ted Kennedy offer important lessons.

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• SOURCE: USA Today
  1/28/19
  

  After Donald Trump, we need a Washington outsider like Jimmy Carter in the 2020 race

  by Jonathon Zimmerman

  Carter wasn't a particularly effective president. But he was the right candidate for the moment, a decent man who healed the hole in our national heart.

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• 1/20/19
  

  Will Beto O'Rourke Follow the Path of Barack Obama, Abraham Lincoln, Jimmy Carter, and George H.W. Bush to the Presidency?

  by Ronald L. Feinman

  How previous longshot presidents defeated the odds.