The American republic specifically disdains hereditary titles, yet our history is replete with politically prominent, multigenerational families: the Adamses, Roosevelts, Lodges, and Kennedys. And now, the Bushes. The Bush family, despite being into its third generation of public service, is only starting to receive the same kind of close scrutiny as the Adams or Kennedy families. Peter and Rochelle Schweizer's new book The Bushes: Portrait of a Dynasty provides an in-depth look into the inner workings of a family that has sought to guard its privacy even as it answered the call of public life. Beyond what the Schweizers reveal about the Bush family, this panel will discuss how politics affects multigenerational families, and what it can tell us about the character of public life today.