Prof. Randall Balmer reflects on Jimmy Carter's legacy in an opinion piece for The Los Angeles Times: "Out of the ashes of political annihilation, he became not just an elder statesman and world-renowned humanitarian but arguably the most consequential of modern former presidents."
Read the full article: "Opinion: Jimmy Carter had a second term. It just wasn't in the White House"
Randall Balmer, the John Phillips Professor in Religion at Dartmouth College, is the author of "Redeemer: The Life of Jimmy Carter."