Carter promised the American people, “I’ll never lie to you.” He was so honest that in a 1980 interview, during his reelection campaign, he was asked how he would grade his presidency. His answer: B’s ...
He also focused much of his attention on his studies, which resulted in him graduating in the top 10 percent of his class. Rear Adm. Hyman G. Rickover, 1955. (Photo Credit: Unknown Author / U.S. Naval ...
It’s not often citizens get to see presidents up close and personal, but back when I was teaching in Illinois’ capital city ...
Today, Carter is memorialized in the Seawolf-class nuclear attack submarine USS Jimmy Carter, with its home port in Bangor as ...
If nothing else, 2024 was a year filled with mind-blowing, first-of-its-kind events: for the first time ever, a former ...
The peanut farmer from Georgia was a virtual unknown when he launched his long-shot 1976 presidential bid that took him from ...
After a lifetime of achievements, America’s longest living president — Jimmy Carter — has died. Numerous outlets are ...
James Earl Carter Jr. was born on Oct. 1, 1924. His father, James Earl Carter Sr., was a successful business owner and his mother, who became the legendary “Miss Lillian” during her son’s presidency, ...
Throughout his career, Carter would credit Rickover for inspiring him to give his best in all he accomplished. When I think back on that moment when my class and I met a future president ...