Did Robert McNamara know Vietnam was unwinnable?
A new biography asks the same question – and looks into a potential affair with Jackie
JFK
Tuesday
Friday
Are we still doing phrasing?
In our irony-sodden age, children may be the last reminder that words mean something
Monday
The real Kennedy men
Maureen Callahan challenges us to ask whether our American heroes are really who we think they are
Monday
Was JFK any ‘good’ as a president?
On the sixtieth anniversary of his assassination, that may be a difficult question to answer
Sunday
John F. Kennedy’s trip worth remembering
His 1963 visit to Germany, Ireland and the UK spawned some of his most memorable and impactful moments
Tuesday
A Cuban Missile Crisis spent on the Atlantic
We’ve been lost at sea ever since
Sunday
Down the QAnon rabbit hole
The conspiracy theorists are still around and they have big insights about JFK and the Devil
Thursday
How the myth of JFK tortured the Democratic Party for 55 years
Decades after Dallas, the Dems keep drinking from the poisoned Kennedy chalice
