John F Kennedy


Crikey Says: Healthy outlook for more progressive Obama reforms

The Obama Presidency has so far been a damp squib, but health-care reform is a major step forward.

A new twist in the JFK assasination

A recently declassified oral history by JFK’s former military aide claims that, following the president’s assassination, he found Lyndon Johnson huddled in the bathroom of Air Force One, crying, “They’re going to get us all. It’s a plot. It’s a plot. It’s going to get us all.”

From the archives: JFK’s secret illness

In reading about Ted Kennedy’s unglamorous but effective political legacy, we spotted an interesting article from 2002 about his brother’s hidden illnesses. Great weekend reading.

No heir to inherit Kennedy crown

The death of Ted Kennedy may mark the end of the Kennedy family’s role in American politics.

Paul Krugman: the Reagan wrong turn that left us stuffed

The more you look at it, the more it’s clear that Ronald Reagan is to blame for the global financial crisis.

JFK’s own Monica Lewinski breaks silence

Mimi Beardsley Alford, who had an affair with John F. Kennedy while she was an intern in the White House, has decided to write a memoir.