November 8, 2013

JFK's Legacy

By Richard Winchester
Yesterday, while browsing through my favorite bookstore, I came across at least ten just-published books dealing with some facet of John F. Kennedy's life, career, and death. Add last year's best-selling Killing Kennedy by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard, and we have about a dozen new or recent tomes dealing with America's 35th president as the nation prepares to observe the 50th anniversary of his assassination. Added to the literary avalanche will be the inevitable outpouring of print and electronic media stories about Kennedy and the "Camelot myth" -- which many believe was created after Kennedy's death by Jacqueline Kennedy, assisted by Theodore H. White in Life magazine. All the print and electronic focus on him attests to the hold that John Fitzgerald Kennedy has on this country, half a century after his passing. Popular with the public while in office -- his approval ratings ranged from 83% to 56%, and averaged 70% -- his reputation has improved with time's passing. Although...(Read Full Article)