Jimmy Carter

<p>The presidency of Jimmy Carter was both shaped and bracketed by energy.</p>

The United States and Panama signed two agreements that ended U.S. control over the Panama Canal. The first treaty, the Panama Canal Treaty, established a schedule for Panama to take over canal operations. Full control was set for the end of 1999. The second, called the Neutrality Treaty, ensured…

<p><span class="body"><span class="body">America has taught the world that freedom is humanity’s birthright. Why should we expect President Carter to keep quiet about it?</span></span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> David McCullough’s<br />
THE PATH BETWEEN THE SEAS </span></p>

<p><span class="deck">The “loser decade” that at first seemed nothing more than a breathing space between the high drama of the 1960s and whatever was coming next is beginning to reveal itself as a richer time than we thought.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">Americans won’t choose a president who chides them.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">In their surprisingly short history, presidential debates have never lived up to our expectations. Yet they’ve always proved invaluable.</span></p>

<p>Nixon, Ford, and Carter developed a friendship of sorts on a memorable flight to Cairo to honor the recently slain Egyptian president, Anwar Sadat.</p>

<p>Critics saw him as weak, but, in his single term in office, Carter had significant achievements in foreign affairs, the environmental, and energy policy.</p>

<p>Often thought to have been a weak president, Carter was strong-willed in doing what he thought was right, regardless of expediency or the political fallout.</p>