Happy Presidents’ Day 2020!

February 17, 2020

About 7 years ago I embarked on a great adventure: to read the best biographies of every U.S. president and …

Waiting for…Robert Caro

January 9, 2020

Based on emails I regularly receive, as well as comments posted to this site, I know that many of you …

January 5, 2018

After spending the past four months with Lyndon Johnson it’s fair to say that I found him to be the …

December 24, 2017

Five years have now elapsed since I started reading the first volume in James Flexner’s series on George Washington. Since …

December 13, 2017

“The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson” is the fourth (and most recently published) volume in Robert Caro’s …

November 25, 2017

“Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson” is the Pulitzer Prize-winning third volume in Robert Caro’s series covering …

October 27, 2017

“Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson” is the second volume in Robert Caro’s series covering the life of …

October 18, 2017

“The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson” is the first volume in Robert Caro’s epic series covering the …

September 4, 2017

With 35 presidents, 190 biographies and about 94,000 pages completed I am finally on to a president who actually occupied …