New York Sun column

I have a column in the New York Sun today about the issue of age in presidential politics. The upshot: being old doesn't mean you're at an automatic disadvantage. In fact, being young might put you behind the eight ball.

Here are the first paragraphs:

He was an old former military man. Past his prime, many said. He had run for president already — and he had lost badly.

Now, in 1840, William Henry Harrison was running again. At age 67, Harrison was a weather-beaten former general without any truly significant military victories to his credit. While his supporters called him "Old Tippecanoe," his detractors labeled him "Old Granny." One opposition newspaper wrote that Harrison was a "superannuated and pitiable dotard."

Read more here.