It is George Washington’s birthday. In his honor, a brief, animated video explaining why and how we invented the office back in the summer of 1787.
Inventing the American Presidency via Ted Ed
Read more about presidential history in Don’t Know Much About the American Presidents.
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My new book is coming from Scribner in October 2024.
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Have you made a “Reading Resolution?” Here’s “An exciting guide to all that the world of fiction has to offer in 58 short novels” (New York Times): a year’s worth of books, all readable in a week or less