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Bill Clinton delivers closing keynote address at U.Va.’s Presidential Ideas Festival

William Antholis, the director and CEO of the Miller Center who previously served as director of international economic affairs for the National Security Council during the Clinton Administration, said in an interview with The Cavalier Daily that it is rare to hear a president provide extensive discourse on the history of the presidency and comment on past presidents.
William Antholis
Amy Walter

The Evolution of the Executive

Every president leaves their mark on the office of the presidency. The office of the presidency also leaves its mark on every person who holds it. This week, we broadcast from the Presidential Ideas Festival, hosted by the University of Virginia’s Miller Center in Charlottesville. It’s a three-day festival attended by presidential scholars, journalists, political junkies, as well as politicians and administration officials. We spent our time here talking to people who have worked closely with former presidents, on both sides of the aisle, to get their perspective on how the office changes those who serve, and on how those who served have changed the office.
Barbara Perry
The Age

Anti-feminist women have a long history in the United States

On social media, opponents of these laws circulated composite images of the all-male coalitions who passed them, underscoring the absence of women legislators. But while their point about representation is important, that focus on the men behind the bills obscures the role of women like Governor Kay Ivey, who signed Alabama's abortion bill into law just a few days ago. These women are a vital part of this story, a reminder that anti-women laws are less a product of male politicians, and more a function of patriarchal politics.
Nicole Hemmer
Washington Post

Nos. 44 and 45 broke the mold. What does that mean for the future of the presidency?

“If you look at what people historically have considered to be acceptable characteristics of their presidents, in terms of ­social characteristics — white, male, married, Christians, neither too young nor too old — those categories have all been shattered,” said Michael Nelson, a political scientist who teaches at Rhodes College. “Not that we’ve elected a woman, but a woman has made it to the finals. The same might be true of sexual orientation.”
Michael Nelson