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Church and State in JFK's America

Geoffrey R. Stone | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, New York Times, Patrick J. Kennedy, Jfk, Thomas J. Tobin, Separation of Church and State, Vatican, Politics News
Geoffrey R. Stone

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"?

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What Obama Is Up Against

Russ Baker | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Central Intelligence Agency, Henry Kissinger, Ronald Reagan, Military Industrial Complex, Harry Truman, President Obama, George W. Bush, Obama, Bob Woodward, Bush Administration Torture, Robert Gates, George H.W. Bush, Richard Nixon, National Security, Gerald Ford, Nancy Pelosi, Congressional Oversight, Fdr, Hamid Karzai, Bill Clinton, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Iraq War, Bush Administration, Dwight Eisenhower, Cia, Military Spending, Stanley McChrystal, Jimmy Carter, Prescott Bush, Allen Dulles, Lyndon Johnson, Iraq, Torture, Politics News
Russ Baker

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.

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Too Soon To Tell? Judging A President's Progress

The New York Review of Books | Posted 11.04.2009 | Books

Read More: John F Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Afghanistan, George W. Bush, Nyr, Iran, Arthur Schlesinger, Presidency, Barack Obama, Garry Wills, Hoover, Lincoln, New York Review, One Year Later, Abraham Lincoln, The New Deal, Racism, Jimmy Carter, Fdr, Iraq, Health Care, Jfk, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Books News

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...

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It's November 22, 1963 On Mad Men: HuffPost Review

William Bradley | Posted 11.04.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Mad Men, Betty Draper, Don Draper, Matthew Weiner, JFK Assassination, 1960s, Entertainment News
William Bradley

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.

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The Kennedy Assassination: New Details About the Transfer of Power

Steven M. Gillon | Posted 11.03.2009 | Books

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Politics, Lbj, Vice President, Warren Commission, Kennedy, Kennedy Dead, Kennedy Assassination, Jackie Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Jfk, President, JFK Assassination, Books News
Steven M. Gillon

Exactly when did doctors give up their efforts to save Kennedy's life? And when did Lyndon Johnson learn that JFK was dead?

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A New Wrinkle in the JFK Assassination Story

Steven M. Gillon | Posted 10.30.2009 | Books

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Kennedy Assassination, Lyndon Johnson, Dallas, Books News
Steven M. Gillon

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.

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Gore Vidal Knocks Obama, Says "Anti-Semitism" Got "Poor Polanski"

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.28.2009 | Books

Read More: John F. Kennedy, The Atlantic, Barack Obama, John Meroney, Roman Polanski, Bill Clinton, Gore Vidal, Jfk, The Atlantic Monthly, Polanski, Hillary Clinton, Books News

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...

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"Lessons in Disaster": If Obama Caves to the Pentagon, He's No Jack Kennedy

Robert Naiman | Posted 10.27.2009 | World

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Vietnam, Lessons in Disaster, Afghanistan Escalation, Afghanistan, Washington Post, Joe Biden, Seymour Hersh, Wall Street Journal, Afghanistan War, Gordon Goldstein, Barack Obama, Mcchrystal, World News
Robert Naiman

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.

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Mad Men: "Wee Small Hours" -- HuffPost Review

William Bradley | Posted 10.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: 1960s, Martin Luther King, Conrad Hilton, Jon Hamm, Bryan Batt, Sal Romano, Birmingham Bombing, Roger Sterling, Matthew Weiner, Betty Draper, Advertising, John F. Kennedy, Don Draper, January Jones, John Slattery, Mad Men, Langston Hughes, I Have a Dream Speech, Civil Rights Movement, March on Washington, Entertainment News
William Bradley

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.

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The Indictment of America

Russell Simmons | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Hip Hop, Martin Luther King, Rush Limbaugh, Hope, Russell Simmons, Global Grind, Fox News, Nobel Peace Prize, Glenn Beck, Mahatma Gandhi, Barack Obama, Obama Human Rights Campaign, Human Rights Campaign, Politics News
Russell Simmons

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.

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The Real Reason Obama Deserves the Nobel Win

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Confederacy, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Clinton, Obama Presidency, Obama Nobel, Nobel Peace Prize, Race, Democrats, 2008 Election, Ted Kennedy, Barack Obama, Caroline Kennedy, Politics News
Ali A. Rizvi

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.

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Obama Is "Incompetent" and the U.S. Is a "Madhouse": An Exclusive Interview With Gore Vidal

Johann Hari | Posted 10.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Gore Vidal, Barack Obama, Ted Kennedy, Entertainment News
Johann Hari

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.

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Splitsville

Steven Weber | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Intelligent Design, Conservatives, Liberals, Public Discourse, John F. Kennedy, Fox News, Tea Party, Fair and Balanced, Politics News
Steven Weber

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.

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The Secret of Conspiracy

Michael Kaplan | Posted 10.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Lee Harvey Oswald, John F. Kennedy, Memory, Conspiracy, Assassination, Jfk, JFK Assasination Conspiracies, Error, Media News
Michael Kaplan

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.

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Pain Which Cannot Forget

Trish Kinney | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Kurt Cobain, Barack Obama, Marvin Gaye, Robert Kennedy, Politics News
Trish Kinney

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.

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An Open Letter To Our Leaders

Chris Campbell | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, House of Representatives, Bill Clinton, Hope, President Obama, Senate, Volunteering, Martin Luther King, John Kerry, Nancy Pelosi, John Edwards, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Harry Reid, Al Gore, Health Care, Politics News
Chris Campbell

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.

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Taylor Branch To Reveal "The Clinton Tapes"

GQ | Wil S. Hylton | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Bill Clinton, 1964 Civil Rights Bill, Monica Lewinsky, Hillary Rodham Clinton, George W. Bush, Martin Luther King Jr., George Mcgovern, Fidel Castro, Richard Nixon, Vietnam War, Whitewater, Taylor Branch, Katherine Graham, Lyndon Johnson, Politics News

It has been nearly forty years since three young Democratic activists named Bill Clinton, Hillary Rodham, and Taylor Branch moved into a small apartme...

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Mad Men: "The Fog" -- HuffPost Review

William Bradley | Posted 11.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: 1960s, Roger Sterling, Medgar Evers, Martin Luther King, Pete Campbell, Advertising, Betty Draper, John F. Kennedy, Don Draper, Matthew Weinter, January Jones, Jon Hamm, John Slattery, Mad Men, Peggy Olsen, Vincent Kartheiser, Indiana Jones, Elizabeth Moss, Beatles, Mad Men the Fog, Mad Men Review, Entertainment News
William Bradley

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.

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The Kennedy Couple: Jackie And John Married 56 Years Ago Today (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.12.2009 | Style

Read More: Kennedy Couple Photos, John F. Kennedy, Slidepoll, Kennedy Couple, Kennedy Wedding Anniversary, Jackie Kennedy, Style News

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...

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In the Know: Scandalous Political Affairs

Karin Tanabe | Posted 11.10.2009 | Style

Read More: Marilyn Monroe, John F. Kennedy, John Edwards Affair With Rielle Hunter, Bill Clinton, Mark Sanford, Dwight Eisenhower, John Ensign, Sex, Washington DC, Sanford Affair, John Ensign Affair, Scandal, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Washington Scandals, DC Scandals, Political Scandals, Style News
Karin Tanabe

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.

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Rep. Capuano Pulls Papers For Kennedy Senate Seat

The Hill | Reid Wilson | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stephen Lynch, John F. Kennedy, Michael Capuano, Kennedy Senate Seat, Ted Kennedy, Martha Coakley, Politics News

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. ...

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Republicans Scream "Stay Away From Our Kids, Obama!"

Andy Ostroy | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Michelle Malkin, President Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Obama-Address-to-Students, Republicans, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

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.

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Why The Kennedy Eulogies Struck the Right Tone

William Bradley | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlington National Cemetery, Capitol Hill, Joe Biden, Robert Byrd, John Culver, Mike Mansfield, Strom Thurmond, Ted Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, John Kerry, U.S. Senate, Ted Kennedy Jr., John F. Kennedy, Kennedy Library, John McCain, Gary Hart, Politics News
William Bradley

We live in a moment of hyperpartisan politics and hyperactive media. These things militate against what the Kennedy eulogies celebrated.

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My One and Only Kennedy Funeral

Andrew Cohen | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Edward Kennedy, Kennedy, Ted Kennedy Dead, Senator Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Politics News
Andrew Cohen

The lesson for Ted Kennedy was a simple one: never, ever give up because if you last long enough things can come around.

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Which Kennedy Was Moses? John or Ted?

Bruce Feiler | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, George Washington, Martin Luther King, Abraham Lincoln, Moses, Barack Obama, Ted Kennedy, Healthcare, Politics News
Bruce Feiler

Ted Kennedy was called the Moses of Health Care. This analogy was also used frequently on the death of other great American figures.

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