The president's calculation today seemed to be that the occasion presented a chance, perhaps a last chance, to recall the political system to what Lincoln, in his first inaugural address, called the "better angels of our nature."

Oh, Freedom! "Freedom" was in the air -- the frigid air -- on that sunny early afternoon a half century ago today when John F. Kennedy uttered his mos...

Fifty years ago, on Jan. 20, 1961, John F. Kennedy delivered his Inaugural Address as the 35th President of the United States. Kennedy spoke on a bit...

There are many critiques of John F. Kennedy's short period in office, but his Inauguration Day created a spirit of hope and aspiration that those of us who saw it will never forget.