David Kurlander
David Kurlander works as Special Assistant to Preet Bharara. He graduated from Harvard College in 2017 with a degree in History & Literature. He is an avid amateur archival historian of American political history and is excited to share some of his findings.

âWeâre Here Because Weâre Masochistsâ: Searching for Good Taste at the 1996 White House Correspondentsâ Dinner
President Biden last Saturday night cracked jokes about his own age and reelection campaign at the White House Correspondentsâ Dinner. On this weekâs episode of Now & Then, âNot a Joke: Humor as Politics,â Heather Cox Richardson and Joanne Freeman discussed the power of political comedy, from Seba Smithâs satirical 1830s âMajor Jack Downingâ character […]

âA Very, Very Serious Violationâ: Lawyer Thomas G. Corcoran and Improper Influences on the Supreme Court

âThrough Difficulties to the Starsâ: Tennessee Legislator Samuel Allen McElweeâs Fight for Black Representation

âIt Could Have Happened to Anybodyâ: Professor Frederick Barghoorn, President Kennedy, and Soviet Detainments

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Now & Then Backstage 4/12: Hostages as Messages

âA New Testing Periodâ: Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and President Gerald Fordâs First Meeting

âCalling Bob Morgenthauâ: The Tensions Between the Manhattan District Attorney and President George H.W. BushÂ

âWe Had a Bank to Finance Thingsâ: C. Arnholt Smith and the Collapse of the United States National Bank

âGetting on the Staffâ: Frona Eunice Waitâs Journalistic Odyssey

âThe Fumes Were Something Terribleâ: The Struggle to Clean Ohioâs Chem-Dyne Superfund Site

âCarrying the Role of Homemaker Too Farâ: Iris Riveraâs 1977 Coffee Revolt and the Shifting Role of Secretaries

âThe Ownership of the Upper Airâ: Project Genetrix and the Debate Over Cold War Spy Balloons

âA Philosophical Shrugâ: The Difficult Birth of the House Intelligence Committee
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