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Morning Must Reads: May 14
In the news: the IRS, Benghazi, Obamacare, Angelina Jolie, the US drone economy, and "Bitter Pill"
FAA Furloughs Kick in, Some Flight Delays Appear
Commercial airline flights moved smoothly throughout most of the country on Sunday, the first day air traffic controllers were subject to furloughs resulting...
Boston Police: 3rd Explosion At Library
(BOSTON) — Boston police say there's been a third explosion in the city, following two blasts near the finish line of the Boston Marathon that killed two people...
The Ice Is Breaking
I came to political consciousness with John F. Kennedy's magnificent 1961 Inaugural Address. It seemed the start of something fresh and exciting, and it was...
My Kennedy Polaroids: Instant History
When John F. Kennedy campaigned in Oregon in 1960, a Polaroid photographer was there.
50 Years Later: The Lessons of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Hard to believe for those of us who lived through it – or even if you merely witnessed it by watching 2000′s Thirteen Days – but the Cuban Missile Crisis turned...
George McGovern: His Life and Career, from the Pages of TIME
The South Dakota-born former Senator died at the age of 90
The Cuban Missile Crisis at 50: America and Cuba Still Frozen in 1962
It’s hard to attribute anything but coincidence to the fact that Cuban President Raúl Castro issued a major immigration reform on Tuesday, Oct. 16, which was the...
What History Tells Us About Obama’s Chances Now
Even Richard Nixon‘s mother thought he was sick. After the first televised presidential debate in American history on Monday, Sept. 26, 1960 — a contest in which...
Is This The Mormon Moment?
According to his memoirs, Richard Nixon believed that he lost the 1960 election because his opponent, John F. Kennedy, was a Roman Catholic. The Kennedy machine...
Remembering “Punch” Sulzberger: The Man Who Changed Journalism
Arthur Ochs “Punch” Sulzberger, the late publisher of the New York Times, is most celebrated – and rightly so – for his decision to go forward with publication...
The War Against a War President
Some things, at least, never change. More than half a century ago, John F. Kennedy was so worried about appearing soft on national security issues in his...
What Obama and Romney Can Learn from Neil Armstrong
It was a promise that seemed bold even in a bold time. The title of the president’s remarks to Congress on May 25, 1961, was informed by an anxiety that the...
FDR
*Foreign Disaster Relief, per this Pentagon inspector general’s report released Wednesday. This opens up a whole new field: JFK: Joint Foreign Kaffeeklatch (sure...
The Night Marilyn Sang to JFK: Rare Photos
A half-century ago, on a spring night in New York City, 35-year-old Marilyn Monroe — literally sewn into a sparkling, jaw-droppingly tight dress — stood in a...
Friends and Exes: JFK's Republican Allies
President John F. Kennedy had a slip of paper he liked to carry around in his pocket: 118,574, it read, reminding him of the sliver of votes by which he won the...
Did Fidel Castro Know About JFK’s Assassination Beforehand?
The assassination of former president John F. Kennedy is a national tragedy mired in myth, captivating Americans even decades after the case was closed. But as...
Tear Down That Wall?
Rick Santorum seems to be a well-read man. In a single speech on faith and politics, delivered in September 2010 at the University of St. Thomas in Houston to...
What Santorum Got Wrong About JFK’s Religion Speech
Writing in the new issue of TIME, Jon Meacham challenges Santorum’s account of Kennedy’s views on Church and State: Santorum suggests that Kennedy offered a...
Former White House Intern Alleges Affair With President John F. Kennedy
Mimi Alford, now 69, has claimed she had an affair with President John F. Kennedy while a 19-year-old White House intern.
