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John F. Kennedy

What to expect in the new JFK files

John Fea   |  December 15, 2022

New files will release today. Here is Philip Shenon, the author of a book on the JFK assassination, at Politico: For this nation’s army of conspiracy theorists, few long-secret government documents have whipped up so much suspicion in the 59...

QAnon fans wait for JFK Jr. to appear at Dealey Plaza and announce the second coming of Donald Trump

John Fea   |  November 3, 2021

Yes, stuff like this actually happens in the United States of America these days. Yesterday hundreds of QAnon supporters gathered in Dallas at the site of John F. Kennedy’s assassination because they believed that John F. Kennedy Jr. would appear...

The “Umbrella Man” is back

John Fea   |  September 13, 2021

Tonight is the first night of content in my “Introduction to History” course. I love using this video to teach historical thinking, especially causality, complexity, and contingency: I discuss how I use this video on page 10-11 in Why Study...

How should we deal with monuments to flawed individuals?

John Fea   |  June 25, 2020

Eliot Cohen, the dean of The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, offers his take on the removal of monuments. Here is a taste of his piece at The Atlantic: A good place to begin is by asking whether...

Mike Pence’s Irresponsible Use of History

John Fea   |  January 19, 2020

In case you missed it, Vice President Mike Pence wrote an op-ed at The Wall Street Journal calling for Democratic Senators to show “courage” in the form of a willingness to “stand up” and “reject” the “partisan impeachment” of Donald Trump....

The Umbrella Man

John Fea   |  October 27, 2017

It is time for this Umbrella Man video to make another appearance: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yznRGS9f-jI&w=560&h=315]  ...

Not Since the Kennedys

John Fea   |  May 26, 2017

It appears that Catholicism has returned to the White House. One of the things we learned during the Trump visit to the Vatican is that Melania Trump is Catholic. Sarah Pulliam Bailey reports at The Washington Post.  A taste: After she...

Jill Lepore on Presidential Debating

John Fea   |  September 17, 2016

Check out Harvard historian Jill Lepore’s long-form piece in The New Yorker.  Here are the money paragraphs: The real trouble is deeper and wider. Political argument has been having a terrible century. Instead of arguing, everyone from next-door neighbors to members...

Word of Kennedy’s Assassination Reaches the Boston Symphony Orchestra

John Fea   |  November 25, 2013 Leave a Comment

From Upworthy blog: President Kennedy was a transformational leader, and it’s hard to imagine what it felt like to hear of his assassination 50 years ago today. Kennedy was shot as the Boston Symphony Orchestra was about to begin its […]

JFK at Gettsyburg

John Fea   |  November 23, 2013 Leave a Comment

It has been a very full week for history buffs.  This week we commemorated the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address and the assassination of John F. Kennedy.  I thus found Diana Loski’s piece at The Gettysburg Experience particularly relevant […]

The Umbrella Man

John Fea   |  November 22, 2013

I first saw this clip a few years ago and I have been using it to teach historical causation ever since.  In fact, this story is featured in the first chapter of my Why Study History?: Reflecting on the Importance...

Tell Your JFK Assassination Story

John Fea   |  November 21, 2013

Where were you (or someone from your family) on the day JFK was assassinated? I was not alive, but my father was a twenty-two year old contractor working on a roof somewhere in North Jersey when someone on the ground...

Michael Kazin on Inauguration Speeches

John Fea   |  January 18, 2013

FDR’s 1st Inaugural Address (1933) Georgetown historian Michael Kazin reminds us that “inaugural addresses rarely foretell what a president will accomplish in office.” Here are a few great lines from inaugural addresses that did not really pan out in real...

Martin Luther King’s Second Emancipation Proclamation

John Fea   |  May 17, 2012

In today’s New York Times, David Blight and Allison Scharfstein call our attention to a May 1962 document that Martin Luther King Jr. wrote to John F. Kennedy calling for a “second Emancipation Proclamation” to outlaw segregation in the United...

This Week’s Patheos Column: “John F. Kennedy, Rick Santorum, and the Separation of Church and State”

John Fea   |  February 29, 2012

In case you haven’t heard, John F. Kennedy’s view on church and state makes Rick Santorum want to throw up. Yes, you read that correctly. This weekend in an interview with George Stephanopolous, Santorum stood behind an earlier campaign statement...

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