- A star-studded "In Pursuit" series for the 250th anniversary features essays by George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Michelle Obama and others on 43 presidents and 30 first ladies.
- Writers skipped appraising Trump and Biden as "too fresh," yet pieces (like Bush on Washington and McChrystal on Grant) echo modern concerns about restraint, loyalty and concentrated power — easy conversation fodder.
- Curated by Colleen Shogan (who was later fired by Trump), the project has drawn big public interest — over 1 million Substack views — and will become a PBS documentary.
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