Aging Presidents and the Safeguards
Reporting, history, and medicine on how a president's age and cognition collide with the institutions meant to constrain the office.
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2024Josh Dawsey, Tyler PagerRecent inside reporting on the 2024 presidency gives a detailed account of behaviors, routines, and governance choices...Shelf signal: Elections & Campaigns
InjusticeCarol Leonnig, Aaron C. DavisInvestigative chronicle of decisionmaking and administrative failures under Trump helps explain institutional...Shelf signal: Courts & the Judiciary
Where Tyranny BeginsDavid RohdeExplains how threats to rule of law and co-option of institutions interact with presidential behavior and...Shelf signal: The Presidency & Executive
TrumanDavid McCulloughDavid McCullough’s Truman biography offers historical precedent about presidential capacity and consequential...Shelf signal: Presidents & World Leaders
ElderhoodLouise AronsonA geriatric clinician’s perspective frames how aging affects cognition, autonomy, and care decisions relevant to public...Shelf signal: Aging & Longevity
The Loudest Voice in the RoomGabriel ShermanMedia influence on political narratives and how outlets shape perceptions of leaders’ competence and public image.Shelf signal: Political Lives