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John F. Kennedy
early and often
Feb. 12, 2024
Despite Super Bowl Ad, RFK Jr. Is No JFK The whole candidacy of the anti-vaxx conspiracy theorist is based on promoting mistaken identity with his Kennedy forebears.
unsolved mysteries
Nov. 9, 2023
What Really Happened to JFK? One thing’s for sure: The CIA doesn’t want you to know.
By Scott Sayare
Biden’s Approval Rating Goes Underwater Biden’s stretch of unobtrusive popularity is over for now, but he is in very good company as a president with net-negative approval ratings.
By Ed Kilgore
Biden’s Approval Ratings Slip Below 50 Percent for the First Time His worst is still better than Trump’s best, but for a president trying to defy the odds and retain Congress in the midterms, it’s not great.
By Ed Kilgore
the national interest
June 30, 2021
Kennedy’s Presidency Accomplished Little, But His Historic Myth Endures Why historians still rank the do-nothing Kennedy as a near-great president.
By Jonathan Chait
president’s job approval
Feb. 5, 2021
Record Polarization Underlies Biden’s Otherwise Normal Job Approval Rating Biden’s impossibly popular among Democrats, and improbably unpopular among Republicans. His relative strength among independents could be key.
By Ed Kilgore
past is prologue
Dec. 29, 2020
The Flimsy Nixon Precedent Trump Is Seizing On to Contest Biden’s Win In 1960, Nixon disregarded a certified Electoral College slate from Hawaii favoring him. This is not the same as Pence disregarding a national defeat.
By Ed Kilgore
Why Being Catholic Isn’t Special in Politics Anymore Joe Biden isn’t appealing to Catholic tradition in his bid to become the second Catholic president. But that’s the American way.
By Ed Kilgore
kennedy dynasty
Sept. 2, 2020
The Fall of the Kennedy Dynasty Took More Than Just One Night Joseph Kennedy III’s loss to Ed Markey was just the latest in a long series of setbacks for the storied political family.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
July 28, 2020
A Short History of the Veep Reveal There may be less drama this year, but Biden’s announcement will be the biggest news before his own acceptance speech.
By Ed Kilgore
insurrection act
June 4, 2020
Tom Cotton Is Wrong About the Insurrection Act There’s really no recent precedent for presidents’ sending in the troops without the consent of governors who aren’t in open rebellion.
By Ed Kilgore
george floyd protests
June 3, 2020
Defense Secretary: Trump Shouldn’t Invoke Insurrection Act to Quell Protests Mark Esper may be reflecting military leaders’ reluctance to be politicized by President Trump, who has floated sending military units to cities.
By Ed Kilgore
george floyd protests
June 1, 2020
Trump Mulls Declaring an Insurrection and Sending Military Into Cities If deployed widely without requests from state officials, such use of the military would be unprecedented.
By Ed Kilgore
impeachment
Jan. 19, 2020
Pence Is Right: Trump Is a Lot Like Andrew Johnson Pence embraces the discredited Jim Crow theory of Johnson’s victimization and Reconstruction’s evil. But Trump does emulate his scofflaw behavior.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Dec. 24, 2019
Does Joe Biden’s Catholicism Matter? If elected, Biden would become just the second Catholic president. But his faith probably won’t greatly affect the odds he will win.
By Ed Kilgore
JFK’s Complicated Legacy on the Anniversary of His Assassination His tragically shortened presidency was shrouded by myth and distorted by the family dynasty.
By Ed Kilgore
For Presidents and Candidates, Heart Disease Is Not So Uncommon Bernie Sanders’s mild heart trouble is of concern, but it’s not like candidates and presidents with worse tickers and lifestyles haven’t preceded him.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Sept. 12, 2019
Obama Was Supposed to End the Baby-Boom’s Political Run. What Happened? We could well wind up in 2021 with the first president from the pre-boomer Silent Generation.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
July 31, 2019
Why the Democratic Debate Revived an Old Question About Nuclear Weapons Fearing Trump, Elizabeth Warren had proposed prohibiting any first use of nukes by any U.S. president, as Obama had considered doing.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Apr. 17, 2019
Buttigieg Wants to Bring Back One of Bill Clinton’s Signature Proposals Expanding national service was Clinton’s most reliable 1992 applause line, and it could help candidates like Mayor Pete strike a communitarian tone.
By Ed Kilgore
donald trump
Jan. 8, 2019
Trump Reaches for Gravitas in His First Prime-Time Oval Office Speech Perhaps the venue, which Americans associate with big, consequential issues, can help convince a skeptical public that Trump needs his border wall.
By Ed Kilgore
Is Trump’s Battle With Amazon Like Kennedy’s War With U.S. Steel? JFK thought U.S. Steel’s CEO reneged on a deal needed to keep the economy stable. Trump’s attacks on Amazon may really be about the Washington Post .
By Ed Kilgore
Billy Graham Lived at the Crossroads of Faith and Power After getting too close to Richard Nixon, Billy Graham stayed away from partisan politics. But his son Franklin Graham is up to his ears in it.
By Ed Kilgore
dear mr. kennedy
Dec. 19, 2017
Who’s the Sexiest Onscreen JFK? The Crown introduced its very own John F. Kennedy, so it’s time for a ranking.
By Jackson McHenry
Classified JFK Files Will Be Released Next Week As Required by Law A small number of documents may still be omitted or redacted, however.
By Chas Danner
A Century After JFK’s Birth, White Catholics and Black Voters Have Drifted Apart In 1960, overwhelming percentages of those demographics lifted him to the presidency. That coalition is broken today.
By Ed Kilgore
Trump Will Soon Decide If Secret JFK Files Are Made Public The president has the power to give his conspiracy-theorist brethren a tremendous gift this year.
By Adam K. Raymond
anniversaries
Nov. 23, 2013
By Caroline Bankoff
The Jackie Kennedy Look Book A look back at the iconic first lady’s famous style.
john f. kennedy
Nov. 22, 2013
By Peter Keating
john f. kennedy
Nov. 22, 2013
David Koch Remembers JFK As Pro-Business, Doesn’t Believe the Conspiracies “John Kennedy was very supportive of American business. Unfortunately, our current president doesn’t feel that way.”
By Jenni Avins
john f. kennedy
Nov. 22, 2013
The 10 Best JFK Anniversary Front Covers From Around the Country From Alaska to New York City, newspapers are marking the 50th anniversary of JFK’s assassination.
By Joe Coscarelli
john f. kennedy
Nov. 22, 2013
19 Famous People Who Believe in a JFK Conspiracy Here’s one thing Fidel Castro, John Kerry, Chipper Jones, and Bruce Willis have in common.
By Dan Amira
costume party
June 14, 2013
By Charlotte Cowles
Remembering Kennedy’s ‘Secretary of Grooming’ R.I.P. Kenneth Battelle, who tended to the locks of Brooke Astor, Audrey Hepburn, Lucille Ball, Marilyn Monroe, and more.
By Christina Han
things that happened a long time ago
May 25, 2011
By Dan Amira
bachmann ambition overdrive
Apr. 26, 2011
By Dan Amira
frothy mixtures
Mar. 15, 2011
Rick Santorum Is Mad at JFK Because he believed in the separation of church and state?
By Dan Amira
things that happened a while ago
Feb. 22, 2011
JFK Was Having a Pretty Good Time the Night Before He Was Shot The eerie, silent home-video footage was recently released for the first time.
By Dan Amira
Peace Corps Founder Sargent Shriver Dies He had a long and storied career in politics and charitable work.
By Chris Rovzar
commander in briefs
Feb. 14, 2010
By Adam K. Raymond
in other news
Dec. 28, 2009
TMZ Screws Up Big Time Perhaps they should stick to living celebrities.
By Adam K. Raymond
gossipmonger
Dec. 28, 2009
By Mike Vilensky
gossipmonger
Feb. 7, 2008
Maureen Dowd Knows What Michelle Obama Looks Like, Okay? Maureen Dowd says she did not mistake a Times of London columnist for Michelle Obama. Ted Kennedy may or may not have had Graydon Carter spike a story about an illegitimate child of JFK. Tommy Hilfiger is getting married to former model Dee Ocleppo. Rosie O’Donnell stopped drinking because she was getting too fat. Jerry Seinfeld said he’s not going to return to TV because he’s “old, rich, and tired.”