RICHARD GOODWIN has the first qualification of a reformer--he's an optimist. Not a Pangloss, huckster, or sentimentalist. But "in politics," he says, "the idea that problems can be solved is a ...

Married to Richard “Dick” Goodwin (who died in 2018) for 42 years, Kearns Goodwin is at her best in sharing the story of Dick and, at the same time, offering personal vignettes and insights ...