Acclaimed presidential historian Michael Beschloss recently talked with Eight Forty-Eight co-host Alison Cuddy about the highest political office in the country-one which, he says, is often unfriendly.

Michael Beschloss will speak on “Presidential Courage” at 7 p.m. this Sunday at Hammerschmidt Memorial Chapel on the campus of Elmhurst College.

Music Button: Jazz Is Dead, “Help On the Way”, from the CD Blue Light Rain, (Zebra records)