Precursors
What did chief executives or heads of state look like before the US presidency was created?
Elections & Campaigns
How did the US presidential election system change from its inception in the late 1700s to current times?
The Modern Presidency
How did the modern presidency come about in the 1900s, and what did the progressive from the era have to do with it
Richard Nixon and Watergate
Who was Richard Nixon and what was Watergate all about?
2018 Lecture & Slide Archive
Slides and unedited live lectures from prior classes.
Biographies
The interesting lives of US presidents
Capacity & Decision
How the US president obtained powerful new bureaus and resources, and how it both fails and succeeds in exercising this new capacity
Policy Control
How the presidency attempts to control Congress, the Bureaucracy, the media & the Courts
Emergency Powers
How the US president obtained dangerous crises powers during times of catastrophic wars and emergencies