Gene Healy has a new book out called The Cult of the Presidency, which is about the dangerous rise of executive power over the course of American history, particularly since the progressive era. He gives a preview of the book in this month's issue of Reason magazine. You can read it online here.

The question that Healy leaves readers asking is what the next president will do to expand the powers already provided to him, especially with the unprecedented role of the presidency created by the Bush Administration.