Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.

Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.

I like sewing, reading, hiking, and birds (especially owls). I am a pediatrician. I am a wife and mother. I believe in diversity, equity, and inclusion, it makes the world a better place. I believe in kindness above all else.

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