More Than Mediocrity

More Than Mediocrity

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereWhen challenged to name an influential president, most Americans gravitate to those four granite heads on Mount Rushmore.Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson, and Teddy Roosevelt, after all, were undeniably key...
The Buck Stops Here

The Buck Stops Here

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereHarry Truman was an “accidental” president of the United States.Plucked from obscurity to be Franklin D. Roosevelt’s running mate in 1944, no one realistically imagined he would ever sit in the Oval...
Why Not the Best?

Why Not the Best?

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereJimmy Carter, whose life will be celebrated today at his funeral at the National Cathedral, has always been an anomaly among U.S. presidents.His one term in the Oval Office (1977-1981) ended in apparent...