Our Visiting Professor Mike Nelson has published not one but two pieces on the presidency and John Adams in the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Presidential Power" is available online at this address:
http://chronicle.com/temp/email2.php?id=9hcPRhvkvhXknvv2C5tftGFghtPkhgkg

"John Adams, in Brilliant Colors" is available online at this address:
http://chronicle.com/temp/email2.php?id=dfzvQnmBnRWnn3stjwvmzbp5Cmxsty9W