Historian and Professor

Michael Birkner

1 article 2010

Michael Birkner is a historian and professor at Gettysburg College, where he specializes in American political history and Pennsylvania history. He contributed a piece to The Weekly Standard in 2010.

Ghost’s Story

November 22, 2010 · Kennedy, Magazine, Books and Arts

Did John F. Kennedy really write Profiles in Courage? It’s a question that has been on the table ever since Kennedy won the Pulitzer Prize for biography in 1957, and with the death of Theodore Sorensen—Kennedy’s able speechwriter—the issue of authorship has again surfaced. It’s an appropriate time…