J.Michael Martinez

I am pleased to announce the publication of my 18th book, Public Service Exemplars: A Finer Spirit of hope and Achievement . The book is...

I have updated readers of my posts about my recent professional and writing activities every July since I began writing my blog during...

I am pleased to announce the publication of my latest article, "A Southern White Clergyman, the Freed People, and the Nineteenth-Century...

I am pleased to announce the publication of my latest academic article, “Three Ministers, Black Communicants, and the Civil War Era,” in...

Anthony Fauci, a medical doctor specializing in immunology and infectious diseases, became a household name during the COVID-19 outbreak...

Colin Luther Powell became a rarity among public servants, namely an administrator and general officer in the United States Army who was...

I first started writing my blog in July 2011. Every summer since that time, I have updated readers on my writing projects. Accordingly,...

Constance Ernestine Berry Newman is an attorney and diplomat widely regarded as one of the most effective public administrators of her...

Prudence Bushnell served as the United States ambassador to Kenya when a car bomb planted by the terrorist group al-Qaeda exploded next...

I am pleased to announce the publication of my 17th book, Scoundrels: Political Scandals in American History, on June 15, 2023. Here is...

George Pratt Shultz was only one of two men to hold four different cabinet-level posts in one or more presidential administrations....

In early April of this year, I received an email from a representative of an organization, Roundtable by the 92nd Street Y, New York,...

James Edwin Webb is remembered as the head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) during a challenging time in the...

Elmer Boyd Staats was once described as a “pragmatic agent of good government.” During a career that began during the administration of...

Dr. Alice Rivlin is remembered as an economist and expert on the federal budget, serving in a variety of influential positions within...

James Addison Baker III became the consummate Washington, DC, fixer. He was the man that presidents and statesmen looked to when they...

Scotty Campbell was that rare academic who could move seamlessly in and out of the public sector throughout a long and distinguished...

Elliot Lee Richardson was one of only two people to hold four cabinet-level positions in the American national government. (The other man...

Once heralded as the “Indiana Jones of Public Administrators” and “Mr. Implementation,” Dwight Ink lived a fascinating, charmed life. He...

Of all the figures portrayed in this book, David O. “Doc” Cooke was arguably the most obscure. He seldom captured headlines or engaged...