… and I kind of love that headline, because it’s so provocative.

Perhaps needless to say, I don’t actually know any of the children of US Presidents. In fact, most of them died long before I was born, but even the contemporary ones don’t exactly run in the same social circles that I do, and [...]

I really enjoy biographies, especially of presidential families including the Kennedys and Roosevelts. I feel something of a connection to the Roosevelts, since FDR and Eleanor spent much of their lives here in New York’s Hudson Valley, where I now live. I’ve had the opportunity to visit both FDR’s childhood home in Hyde Park, as [...]

For as long as I can remember, I’ve always had a fascination with history, with historical figures of all kinds… but primarily, with US Presidents and their families. I’ve read countless books—autobiographies, biographies, trivia compilations.

I find it’s most fascinating to read about the remarkable women who lived alongside the presidents: their mothers, sisters and [...]