Jimmy Carter’s Commitment to Religious Liberty Should Guide Us All
President Jimmy Carter has died today, December 29, after receiving more than a year of hospice care at his home in Plains, Ga. President Carter will be remembered for living…
A Media Looking for Mistakes Portrayed Jimmy Carter as a Failure. It’s Time to Look Deeper
“I am a farmer, an engineer, a businessman, a planner, a scientist, a governor, and a Christian,” Jimmy Carter introduced himself to elite journalists — and by extension their audiences…
America Still Needs Jimmy Carter’s Health Care Agenda—Even If It Flopped
In recent years, major new studies have tried to rehabilitate the presidency of Jimmy Carter, who died on Dec. 29 at age 100. They’ve emphasized a range of underappreciated accomplishments…
Freeing the Hostages Wouldn’t Have Gotten Jimmy Carter Re-Elected
Recent press accounts indicate that Republican intermediaries—including former Treasury Secretary and Texas Gov. John Connally—meddled in the Iranian hostage crisis to benefit Ronald Reagan’s 1980 presidential campaign. This reporting has…
Jimmy Carter Was More Successful Than He Got Credit For
Jimmy Carter was not a president of the first rank, but he managed by dint of unceasing effort to become an iconic world leader, with an inspiring, if often contentious,…