Paul Brandus is an author independent member of the White House press corps and founder of the Twitter page WestWingReport He is also a Washington columnist on economics and finance He is a frequent speaker around the country before business groups and has also lectured at Columbias Graduate School of Journalism In this episode he discusses his book Under This Roof A History of the White House and Presidency Mr Brandus spoke at a Ford Evening Book Talk at the Washington Library on November 12 2015