Church and State in JFK's America
Whatever happened to the America that JFK believed in? The America in which "no religious body seeks to impose its will directly or indirectly upon the general populace or the public acts of its officials"?
Whatever happened to the America that JFK believed in? The America in which "no religious body seeks to impose its will directly or indirectly upon the general populace or the public acts of its officials"?
Russ Baker | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics
We Americans harbor a quaint belief that a new president takes charge of a government that eagerly awaits his next command. But that's not how things work at the top, especially where "national security" is concerned.
The New York Review of Books | Posted 11.04.2009 | Books
The New York Review of Books Huffington Post: At the anniversary of the election of Barack Obama, we're taking a close look at how he's done and wh...
William Bradley | Posted 11.04.2009 | Entertainment
I've always wondered how Mad Men's writers and producers would handle one of the most critical and shattering events in American history, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Steven M. Gillon | Posted 11.03.2009 | Books
Exactly when did doctors give up their efforts to save Kennedy's life? And when did Lyndon Johnson learn that JFK was dead?
Steven M. Gillon | Posted 10.30.2009 | Books
A recently declassified oral history by Brigadier General Godfrey McHugh, President Kennedy's military aide on the Dallas trip, sheds new light on the critical hours after the shooting.
The Huffington Post | Posted 10.28.2009 | Books
To mark the recent publication of Gore Vidal's memoir, Snapshots in History's Glare, The Atlantic's John Meroney interviewed the American literary and...
Robert Naiman | Posted 10.27.2009 | World
You don't have to be a dove to understand what President Kennedy understood: putting U.S. troops on the ground somewhere doesn't automatically make you more powerful.
William Bradley | Posted 10.12.2009 | Entertainment
Listening to Martin Luther King on the murder of four girls in a Birmingham church, Betty opines that maybe this civil rights thing is premature. But Betty should know that a dream deferred can dry up like a raisin in sun.
Russell Simmons | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics
I'm really afraid that our beloved country, America, is standing on its last wobbly legs. I'm worried that the karmic effects of our negative actions will finally come home to roost.
Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics
The impact of Obama's election stretches far beyond even what Martin Luther King, Jr. called the "fierce urgency of now." It goes beyond race and beyond policy issues.
Johann Hari | Posted 10.06.2009 | Entertainment
Vidal holidayed with the Kennedys, cruised for men with Tennessee Williams, was urged to run for Congress by Eleanor Roosevelt, and co-wrote some of the most iconic Hollywood films.
Steven Weber | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics
Avowed liberals consider themselves to be loyal to the truth while die-hard conservatives seem only to be loyal. Somewhere in the middle lies the perfect American.
Michael Kaplan | Posted 10.03.2009 | Media
Just as we want our success to be the result of skill, not luck, we prefer to be the victims of conspiracy rather than chance.
Trish Kinney | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics
Some people just seem called to help us understand ourselves, no matter what the cost, whether they be musicians or that rare politician or leader who makes us believe in something -- in anything.
Chris Campbell | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics
When I saw the "Baucus Bill" today, I finally couldn't take it anymore. I could no longer fight for a party that I barely even recognized.
GQ | Wil S. Hylton | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics
It has been nearly forty years since three young Democratic activists named Bill Clinton, Hillary Rodham, and Taylor Branch moved into a small apartme...
William Bradley | Posted 11.14.2009 | Entertainment
Five major plot developments in this episode -- named for the culmination of Betty Draper's pregnancy -- drive the action forward as we enter the middle of the season.
Huffington Post | Posted 11.12.2009 | Style
John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier were married in Newport, Rhode Island on September 12th, 1953--exactly 56 years ago today. Though they were onl...
Karin Tanabe | Posted 11.10.2009 | Style
Many Washingtonians are au courant with their employers' bedroom lambadas, but it's an ethical dilemma to be the confidant in a headline-worthy affair.
The Hill | Reid Wilson | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics
Rep. Michael Capuano (D-Mass.) on Tuesday became the second member of Congress and the third major Democrat to announce he will run for the late Sen. ...
Andy Ostroy | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics
These Obama-hating conservatives and their dumbed-down, myopic philosophies appeal to the lowest common-denominator of the Republican Party, which is why it got trounced in the last election.
William Bradley | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics
We live in a moment of hyperpartisan politics and hyperactive media. These things militate against what the Kennedy eulogies celebrated.
Andrew Cohen | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics
The lesson for Ted Kennedy was a simple one: never, ever give up because if you last long enough things can come around.
Bruce Feiler | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics
Ted Kennedy was called the Moses of Health Care. This analogy was also used frequently on the death of other great American figures.
Geoffrey R. Stone | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics