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JFK’s Thanksgiving wish: That we’re ‘humbly grateful’ for what brings us together
Fifty-nine years ago, on Nov. 4, 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed this Thanksgiving proclamation. Little more than two weeks later, on Nov. 22, 1963, he lost his life to an assassin’s bullet during a trip to Dallas, Texas. Nearly sixty years later, with the nation trying to healing from the trauma of the COVID-19 pandemic, […]
JFK’s Thanksgiving wish: That we’re ‘humbly grateful’ for what brings us together
Thanksgiving is a time of tradition. And in 2019, which now seems like a lifetime away, we here at the Capital-Star decided to start some traditions of our own.
Consumer rights are worthless without enforcement | Opinion
JFK pushed consumer rights to the top of the national agenda in 1962, leading to a raft of new laws offering new protections. But without enforcement, such rights are meaningless.
When image trumps ideology: How JFK created the template for the modern presidency | Opinion
Many subsequent presidents would follow the template he created, from Republicans Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump to Democrats Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.