Rick Shenkman

May 3, 2024 | hnn.us | David P. Barash |Rick Shenkman |Jerome Groopman |Christopher Chabris

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Apr 29, 2023 | historynewsnetwork.org | Rick Shenkman

Rick Shenkman, the founder of HNN, is the author of Presidential Ambition:  How Presidents Gained Power, Kept Power, and Got Things Done (1999). This is a story about Dwight Eisenhower.  I don't even mention Joe Biden.  But I think you'll see why I think it's appropriate to tell this story now. ​Presidents are different from you and me.  But it is not their power that makes them different.  Or their money.  Or their perks.  Take away those things and they would still be different.

Apr 29, 2023 | hnn.us | Rick Shenkman

Rick Shenkman, the founder of HNN, is the author of Presidential Ambition:  How Presidents Gained Power, Kept Power, and Got Things Done (1999). This is a story about Dwight Eisenhower.  I don't even mention Joe Biden.  But I think you'll see why I think it's appropriate to tell this story now. ​Presidents are different from you and me.  But it is not their power that makes them different.  Or their money.  Or their perks.  Take away those things and they would still be different.