McClure’s Magazine

The Bully Pulpit: A book review by Bob Morris

January 7, 2015

The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism Wheeler Publishing Doris Kearns Goodwin Thorndike Press (2013) To borrow a phrase from Carl Sandburg, here are U.S. politics journalism during the Golden Age “with the…

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Charlie Rose and Doris Kearns Goodwin discuss The Bully Pulpit

September 9, 2014

I have finally gotten around to reading and will soon review Doris Kearns Goodwin‘s latest book, The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism, and highly recommend it. Her focus is on four separate…

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Teddy Roosevelt’s “Bully Pulpit” Isn’t the Platform It Once Was: An interview of Doris Kearns Goodwin

November 12, 2013

Doris Kearns Goodwin‘s latest of several brilliant biographies, The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism, was recently published by Simon & Schuster. Here is a brief excerpt of an interview of her by…

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