John F. Kennedy on Townhall

• What a Difference 50 Years Makes Fri Feb 15
  Phil Kerpen
  President Obama opened his State of the Union address with a quote from President John F. Kennedy: “the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress.” But Obama’s speech that followed and the agenda it advocated indicate he failed to study JFK’s famous 1963 State of the Union and its ambitious program of tax cuts and tax reform that successfully shifted the U.S. economy into high gear. ... more
• Kerry's 'Realism' Slips Into Callousness Mon Dec 31
  Jeff Jacoby
  WHEN IT COMES to foreign policy, John F. Kerry is no John F. Kennedy. ... more
• Tomorrow Wed Nov 21
  Paul Greenberg
  A kind of moveable feast, Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday of November, and this year that's November 22nd. ... more
• O'Reilly's Sweet Grapefruit Thu Nov 15
  Matt Towery
  To claim that one has read a great deal about the assassination of John F. Kennedy is not unique. That's why the tragic day of November 22, 1963 led to a cottage industry of conspiracy books, non-conspiracy books, videos and movies. Best to say that the topic of Bill O'Reilly's new best-seller Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot has been one of intense interest to me for many decades. ... more
• The Real Lesson of October 1962 Thu Oct 25
  David Stokes
  Though he doesn’t talk about it much these days, when Barack Obama was ramping up his campaign for the White House five years ago, there was a deliberate attempt to conjure up images of John F. Kennedy and Camelot mythology. JFK’s daughter Caroline and her uncle, Teddy, were early boosters and certainly helped put the then relatively unknown junior senator from Illinois into that political season’s starting lineup of presidential hopefuls. ... more
• The Cuban Missile Crisis—Kennedy’s Second Backstab Tue Oct 16
  Humberto Fontova
  That Khrushchev swept the floor with Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis was a mainstream American view throughout much of the Cold War. Nixon and Goldwater, for instance, represented opposite poles of the Republican establishment of their time. ... more
• Quips, Slips and Gaffes in Presidential Debates Thu Oct 4
  Michael Barone
  Mitt Romney was 13 years old and Barack Obama had not been born when an energetic-looking John Kennedy, 43, and a tired-looking Richard Nixon, 47, walked into the WBBM-TV studio in Chicago for the first general election debate between presidential candidates. ... more
• Trickle Down and Tax Cuts Wed Oct 3
  Walter E. Williams
  Dr. Thomas Sowell's "'Trickle Down Theory' and 'Tax Cuts for the Rich'" has just been published by the Hoover Institution. Having read this short paper, the conclusion you must reach is that the term "trickle down theory" is simply a tool of charlatans and political hustlers. ... more
• The Great Tax Divide Wed Sep 19
  Thomas Sowell
  There was a time when Democrats and Republicans alike could talk sense about tax rates, in terms of what is best for the economy, without demagoguery about "tax cuts for the rich." ... more
• Losing Your Religion Sat Sep 15
  Bill O'Reilly
  On Jan. 8, 1962, President John F. Kennedy wrote a letter celebrating the work of James Cardinal Gibbons, who died in 1921. Kennedy, who rarely discussed his Catholicism, did so while describing the Cardinal: "He nobly expresses the essential traditions of my church in the United States ... the deep sympathy for the plight of the working man and of minorities, the steady concern for the betterment of society and mankind." ... more
• Romney's Plan to Get the Economy Growing Again Fri Sep 14
  Donald Lambro
  The core of Barack Obama's campaign is built upon the fallacious idea that Mitt Romney's plan to get the economy growing again will take us back to the policies that caused the Great Recession in the first place. ... more
• Redistributing Tinier Slices of Obama's Economic Pie Fri Apr 27
  Donald Lambro
  WASHINGTON - Somewhere between the New Frontier and the Age of Obama, the Democrats turned fiercely anti-capitalism, anti-business, anti-wealth and anti-success. ... more
• Who Is Barack Obama? Mon Apr 2
  Lurita Doan
  Barack Obama’s handlers continually seem to look for opportunities to create analogous comparisons between Obama and other iconic American figures, in the hopes that some patina of their greatness will burnish Obama’s flawed image. ... more
• Nero Fiddled, Kennedy Partied Wed Feb 29
  Humberto Fontova
  Presidential mistress (while a teenager) Mimi Alford claims the President who remains the most popular in modern U.S. offered her amyl nitrate poppers during a nude swimming party at the Palm Springs estate of Bing Crosby, the most popular entertainer of America’s Norman Rockwell era. ... more
• O'Reilly: Santorum is 'Making a Major Mistake' Linking Religious Beliefs and Public Policy Tue Feb 28
  New York
  O'Reilly discusses JFK, Ronald Reagan and Rick Santorum. ... more
• Can Presidential Scandals Put Our Nation at Risk? Wed Feb 22
  New York
  John Fund discusses Clinton and JFK's indiscretions as they relate to national security. ... more
• Mimi Alford, You Poor Thing Fri Feb 17
  Humberto Fontova
  Mimi Alford certainly has cause to regret her handling by President Kennedy. ... more
• The Kennedy Has No Clothes Wed Feb 15
  Brent Bozell
  Valentine's Day is probably not the day most people would pick to remember the marriage of John and Jacqueline Kennedy. But on Feb. 14, CBS spent more than eight minutes recalling how it was the 50th anniversary of CBSs "historic" TV tour of the White House with Jackie. They brought on liberal historian Doug Brinkley to proclaim "50 years ago on Valentine's Day, she became America's sweetheart, and 50 years later, she still is." ... more
• Forget 1980 -- 2012 Might Just Be '68 Sun Jan 8
  Townhall.com Staff
  Everyone’s a pundit in a year like this one, and those who’ve long been talking about the upcoming election have heavily debated whether 2012 will be similar to 1980. ... more
• Did Castro Get Kennedy? Wed Nov 23
  Humberto Fontova
  “Of all the people I interviewed in New Orleans regarding the Kennedy assassination, Carlos Bringuier was the one I trusted most. I could see in his eyes he was always telling me the complete truth.” ... more
• A Little Hardball With Chris Matthews About John Kennedy Thu Nov 17
  Larry Elder
  I just interviewed MSNBC "Hardball" host Chris Matthews about his new book, "Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero." ... more
• Today in History Tue Nov 8
  AP News
• Document may shed light on origins of JFK speech Thu Nov 3
  AP News
• GOP Flip-Flopping Over Mitt Romney Thu Nov 3
  Rachel Alexander
  Three years ago, conservative Republicans were falling all over themselves to support Mitt Romney in the Republican primary over John McCain. ... more
• Today in History Thu Nov 3
  AP News

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