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by Peter Shinkle St. Louis Post-Dispatch — May 26, 2024 President Joe Biden has rejected a strategy used by most presidents since World War II – reaching across the aisle to make bipartisan appointments to his cabinet. As a result, he is missing a crucial opportunity to build a bridge to Republicans and win their…

In an Oct. 19 interview with Steven Scully of the Bipartisan Policy Center, Peter Shinkle discussed President Biden’s options for responding to fascism’s rise by making bipartisan cabinet appointments just like President Franklin D. Roosevelt did in 1940. Biden is one of only four presidents since 1945 who have made no bipartisan cabinet appointments. The…

Biennial Event Recognizes Outstanding Works on Presidential Leadership to Encourage Civic Education and Involvement; Winner to be Announced October 14

BROOKVILLE, N.Y., Oct. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The Society of Presidential Descendants, housed at The Roosevelt School at Long Island University and dedicated to promoting civic education and involvement, today announced the three finalists for its Biennial Presidential Leadership Book Award.

Charles Lindbergh casts a shadow over Peter Shinkle’s new book, which ends with a warning about Trump and his party.

Charles Kaiser
Sun 27 Nov 2022 02.00 EST

The subtitle of this remarkable popular history is “How FDR and Henry Stimson Brought Democrats and Republicans together to Win World War II”, Stimson being the Republican Franklin Roosevelt chose as secretary of war on 19 June 1940, the same day he chose another Republican, Frank Knox, for secretary of the navy.