Letters to the Editor
A reader asked the president for a birthday greeting for a friend. Surprisingly, she got a reply, a testament to Jimmy Carter’s decency.
World & Nation
Opinion
At a time of deep political division, Americans find unity in mourning Jimmy Carter, a president universally praised for his decency.
Politics
The late president, in Sudan in 2010, often went to places with refugees, poverty, disease and despair to see and bear witness like the Bible school teacher he was back home.
My first encounter with the former president’s sharp wit was when I interviewed him for my college humor magazine — but it wouldn’t be the last.
Even Republicans, who have used President Carter to attack Democrats for nearly 50 years, have had to reckon with revisionism.
Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer and little-known Georgia governor who became the 39th president of the United States, has died.
California
Former President Jimmy Carter once was offered a gift from Northern California: a 9-ton peanut carved from a redwood tree. His aides said no thanks.
Jimmy Carter was the perfect candidate for 1976, columnist George Skelton writes, and he was an exceptional ex-president. In between? That’s the problem.
Six days of funeral observances for former President Jimmy Carter begin in Georgia, where he died at age 100. He will lie in state in Washington.