Walter Shapiro, a former Washington Monthly editor, is covering his 11th presidential campaign for The New Republic and is a lecturer in political science at Yale.
Lessons from the Last Living One-Term President
The triumphs, failures, and might-have-beens of Jimmy Carter.
Be Careful What You Wish For: The Unintended Consequences of Electoral Reform
California and Maine show how well-meaning efforts to encourage moderation can undermine political parties.
Tilting at Windmills
A Trump by any other name … Mitt Romney: An overdue appreciation … Confessions of a hopeless book hoarder
The Campaign-Industrial Complex
Political reform will never happen until candidates and donors realize they’re being ripped off.
The Running Men
During my quarter century of covering presidential campaigns, I have found that the most telling glimpses of the candidates have come when they were just beginning to step into the cauldron of ambition. This is the time when their lines were still unscripted and their public veneers hung loosely like a suit that they had… Read more »
