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John F. Kennedy
Posted inBooks
How the Vietnam War Came Between Two Friends and Diplomats
Charles Trueheart’s account of his father’s battles with a once-close fellow Foreign Service officer in Saigon illuminates the American tragedy in Southeast Asia—and should be considered one of the finest accounts of the war.
Posted inPolitics
Mothers, Sons, and Guns
The author of a searing book on the fraught relationship between Lee Harvey Oswald and his mother reflects on the recent landmark conviction of a Michigan mom for her role in her son’s school shooting.
Posted inCharlie Peters
Charlie Peters Was Always About Hope
A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian reflects on his friend and mentor, the founder of this magazine, who died on Thanksgiving Day at 96.
Posted inCharlie Peters
Why Charlie Peters Matters
The ideas and example of the Washington Monthly’s founder and editor-in-chief for 30 years can play an ongoing indispensable role in responding to our country’s deepest problems.
Posted inJanuary/February/March 2023
Ted Kennedy’s Lonely Liberalism
Liberalism is under assault. Already having suffered decades of reputational damage after Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan battered the word into oblivion, it is now rare to ever hear it with a positive connotation. The right wing continues to equate it with moral decadence and fiscal recklessness, while the hard left of the Democratic Socialists […]
Posted inMagazine
Ten Days of Grace
A former White House speechwriter remembers a critical period that shaped the Obama presidency.
Posted inPolitics
How Democrats Could Actually Keep the House
In times of crisis, the president’s party has proved that it can buck the trend of losing seats in the midterms—and voters are experiencing several crises this year.
Posted inPolitics
How Back-Channel Diplomacy Can Prevent War With Russia
It’s not too late for Joe Biden to stave off conflict and chaos between Moscow and Kyiv. John F. Kennedy shows the way.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
Nobody Cares Who Lost Afghanistan
The fall of Kabul is a tragedy. It’s not a political liability for Joe Biden.
