Practically no one ever thought he would be elected president in the first place. Or that he would forge a landmark treaty in the Middle East. Or that he would win the Nobel Peace Prize. Or that he would beat cancer. But Jimmy Carter has been confounding expectations throughout a life that has lasted nearly…
Her journey took her from the smallest of small towns in rural Georgia to the majesty of the White House, from the campaign trails of Iowa and New Hampshire to refugee camps in Asia and impoverished villages in Africa. But in the end, the final chapter of Rosalynn Carter’s story brought her back to Georgia,…
Quizá sea que todavía le encanta el helado de mantequilla de maní. O tal vez sea el hecho de que sus Braves de Atlanta están en primer lugar, se perfilan hacia la postemporada y quiere ver otra Serie Mundial de béisbol. O, como suponen muchos de sus seres queridos y antiguos asesores, quizá solo sea…
After it was announced on Friday that the singer and songwriter Jimmy Buffett had died, a wave of tributes came from his lifelong fans, including presidents, actors and at least one sports team. News of the “Margaritaville” singer’s death was published in a statement on his website; it did not say where he died or…
A prominent Texas politician said he unwittingly took part in a 1980 tour of the Middle East with a clandestine agenda.
In one of his last public acts, Mr. Carter filed a brief last year supporting an appeal by conservation groups seeking to overturn a court decision permitting a gravel road to be built through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. He argued that the construction would undercut the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, which he…