The New York Times 9:00 am on April 7, 2022
Tags: Archives and Records ( 95 ), Austin (Tex) ( 86 ), Books and Literature ( 2,493 ), Civil Rights Movement (1954-68) ( 151 ), Goodwin, Doris Kearns ( 2 ), Johnson, Lyndon Baines ( 28 ), Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, Kennedy, Robert Francis ( 7 ), Letters ( 86 ), Nineteen Hundred Sixties ( 59 ), Politics and Government ( 4,288 ), Presidential Election of 1968 ( 12 ), Speeches and Statements ( 111 )

U.T. Austin Acquires Archives That Give Insight Into the 1960s

The papers of Richard Goodwin, a speechwriter to John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, and his wife Doris Kearns Goodwin, a presidential historian, shed light on decision-making at crucial moments in American history.

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The New York Times 4:00 pm on February 5, 2022
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Hawks Are Standing in the Way of a New Republican Party

Conservatives must make a clear break with neo-neoconservative foreign policy.

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The New York Times 5:00 pm on January 18, 2022
Tags: Books and Literature ( 2,493 ), Campaign of the Century: Kennedy, Nixon, and the Election of 1960 (Book), Gellman, Irwin F, Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, Nixon, Richard Milhous ( 59 ), Presidential Election of 1960 ( 5 ), United States Politics and Government ( 9,015 ), Voter Fraud (Election Fraud) ( 505 ), White, Theodore H

Did John F. Kennedy and the Democrats Steal the 1960 Election?

“Campaign of the Century,” a new book by Irwin F. Gellman, revives an old contention that Richard Nixon actually won the presidency in 1960.

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The New York Times 9:00 am on October 30, 2021
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Tsar Bomba Nuclear Test 60 Years Ago Didn’t Make J.F.K. Flinch

A new study offers insights into how the United States reacted to Tsar Bomba, a planet shaker that made the deadly Hiroshima blast look tame.

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The New York Times 9:00 am on September 9, 2021
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Legislating in the Name of God

Republican officeholders are no longer coy about their religion-driven mission to stop abortion.

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The New York Times 3:00 pm on July 3, 2021
Tags: Biden, Joseph R Jr ( 5,137 ), Clinton, Bill ( 79 ), Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, Lincoln, Abraham ( 50 ), Nixon, Richard Milhous ( 59 ), Presidents and Presidency (US) ( 200 )

Friends in High Places

Hanging with presidents: Sometimes First Friends are helping found a country; other times, they’re mixing martinis.

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The New York Times 9:00 am on June 11, 2021
Tags: Afghanistan War (2001- ) ( 655 ), Classified Information and State Secrets ( 180 ), Defense Department ( 440 ), Johnson, Lyndon Baines ( 28 ), Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, Pentagon Papers ( 12 ), United States Defense and Military Forces ( 1,089 ), Vietnam War ( 55 )

The Pentagon Papers’ Lessons Went Unlearned

As a soldier in Vietnam, I already knew what the Pentagon Papers revealed. In the years since, America’s leaders have repeated the same mistakes.

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The New York Times 5:00 pm on June 9, 2021
Tags: Books and Literature ( 2,493 ), Cold War Era ( 131 ), Glenn, John Herschel Jr ( 2 ), Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, Mercury Rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the New Battleground of the Cold War (Book) ( 2 ), National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( 191 ), Shesol, Jeff ( 2 ), Space and Astronomy ( 433 ), United States ( 3,834 )

Was the Space Program Worth the Cost?

Jeff Shesol’s “Mercury Rising” explores the careers of John Kennedy and John Glenn as a way to cut through the rhetoric of space exploration.

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The New York Times 6:30 pm on May 1, 2021
Tags: Biden, Joseph R Jr ( 5,137 ), Buttigieg, Pete (1982- ) ( 58 ), James, William (1842-1910), Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, United States ( 3,834 ), Volunteers and Community Service ( 96 )

Should Young Americans Be Required to Give a Year of Service?

A year of teamwork could help bridge our social divides.

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The New York Times 7:14 pm on March 5, 2021
Tags: ireland ( 142 ), Kennedy Smith, Jean ( 2 ), Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, Manhattan (NYC) ( 541 ), Real Estate and Housing (Residential) ( 1,164 ), Sutton Place (Manhattan, NY) ( 3 )

Jean Kennedy Smith’s Duplex Is Up for Sale

Ms. Smith, who died last June, was the last surviving sibling of President John F. Kennedy. She moved into the apartment at 4 Sutton Place after serving as ambassador to Ireland.

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The New York Times 2:43 pm on February 15, 2021
Tags: Archives and Records ( 95 ), Auctions ( 143 ), Collectors and Collections ( 123 ), Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, Lincoln, Mary Todd ( 2 ), Lincoln, Robert Todd, Memorabilia and Souvenirs ( 19 ), Presidents'Day ( 2 ), Reagan, Ronald Wilson ( 81 ), Trump, Donald J ( 6,500 ), United States Politics and Government ( 9,015 ), Washington, Martha (1731-1802)

Presidents’ Day Auction Offers Lincoln’s Hair and Other Oddities

The auction feeds a thriving market for private collectors. Among the items: photographs, a lottery ticket signed by Washington, a Kennedy sweater, and a check from Donald J. Trump.

#archives-and-records, #auctions, #collectors-and-collections, #kennedy-john-fitzgerald, #lincoln-mary-todd, #lincoln-robert-todd, #memorabilia-and-souvenirs, #presidentsday, #reagan-ronald-wilson, #trump-donald-j, #united-states-politics-and-government, #washington-martha-1731-1802

The New York Times 5:00 pm on January 31, 2021
Tags: Biden, Joseph R Jr ( 5,137 ), Democratic Party ( 2,411 ), Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, Roman Catholic Church ( 270 ), United States Politics and Government ( 9,015 )

Understanding Biden’s Catholic Faith

Readers reflect on what Catholicism means to the president, and to society.

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The New York Times 4:00 pm on January 25, 2021
Tags: Atwood, Margaret ( 13 ), Baldwin, James (1924-87) ( 20 ), Bambara, Toni Cade, Books and Literature ( 2,493 ), Didion, Joan ( 16 ), Ephron, Nora ( 5 ), Hughes, Langston ( 7 ), Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, King, Stephen ( 13 ), Le Guin, Ursula K, New York Times ( 347 ), Whitehead, Colson ( 12 ), Writing and Writers ( 787 )

25 Great Writers and Thinkers Weigh In on Books That Matter

To celebrate the Book Review’s 125th anniversary, we’re dipping into the archives to revisit our most thrilling, memorable and thought-provoking coverage.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on January 12, 2021
Tags: Books and Literature ( 2,493 ), Civil Rights Movement (1954-68) ( 151 ), Georgia ( 538 ), Kendrick, Paul (1983- ), Kendrick, Stephen (Author), Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, King, Coretta Scott, King, Martin Luther Jr ( 52 ), Nine Days: The Race to Save Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life and Win the 1960 Election (Book), Nixon, Richard Milhous ( 59 ), Presidential Election of 1960 ( 5 ), United States Politics and Government ( 9,015 )

How Martin Luther King Jr.’s Imprisonment Changed American Politics Forever

Stephen and Paul Kendrick’s “Nine Days” recounts a brief episode of the civil rights movement that had a surprisingly lasting impact.

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The New York Times 1:43 pm on November 14, 2020
Tags: Animals ( 271 ), Biden, Joseph R Jr ( 5,137 ), Coolidge, Calvin, Dogs ( 167 ), Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, Pets ( 88 ), presidential pets, Presidents and Presidency (US) ( 200 ), Roosevelt, Theodore ( 19 ), White House Building (Washington, DC) ( 62 ), White House Historical Assn ( 3 ), Wilson, Woodrow ( 18 )

When the White House Was Full of Claws, Scales, Stripes and Tails

The long tradition of presidential pets is set to resume this January with two German shepherds belonging to President-elect Joe Biden. Their predecessors weren’t always cats and dogs.

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The New York Times 12:22 pm on October 8, 2020
Tags: Biden, Joseph R Jr ( 5,137 ), Commission on Presidential Debates ( 16 ), Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) ( 13,485 ), Debates (Political) ( 215 ), Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, Miami (Fla) ( 91 ), Nixon, Richard Milhous ( 59 ), Presidential Election of 1960 ( 5 ), Presidential Election of 2020 ( 4,043 ), Scully, Steve (1960- ), Television ( 2,128 ), Trump, Donald J ( 6,500 ), White House Coronavirus Outbreak (2020) ( 63 )

Trump Objects to Commission’s Virtual Debate Plan

The Commission on Presidential Debates said the second presidential debate, scheduled for Oct. 15, would be virtual, because of virus concerns. Trump called the plan “ridiculous” in a Fox Business interview.

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