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Former Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach dies

Nicholas Katzenbach is a forgotten hero. His efforts have been overshadowed by his era’s giants. Katzenbach served an integral part on the...

American polarization: 1960s timeline

The partisan nature of twenty-first century politics is worsening. Although not as bad as the mid-nineteenth century, some seetears in the national...

Scandal at the Supreme Court

Abe Fortas joined the Supreme Court in 1965 and resigned four years later. The justice ran afoul of Congress when he accepted exorbitant speaking...

1968: the birth of modern America

Some claim that birth is the most traumatic event a person will ever experience. In 1968, modern America was born. The country nearly ripped itself...

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis had little respect for Martin Luther King, Jr.

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was the First Lady of the United States in 1961-1963 when her husbandJohn F. Kennedy was the President. During those...

What if JFK had lived?

The country might have been a different place had John Kennedy lived. He lacked Lyndon Johnson’s legislative abilities which would have...

Lady Bird Johnson

Claudia Taylor Johnson was known as “Lady Bird” from childhood. She entered the White House in the aftermath of the Kennedy...

The Tet Offensive

American officials promised that the Vietnam War was nearly over. They claimed to have the communists on the run. Despite a vocal and increasingly...

The Vietnam War (1954-1964)

Following the French withdrawal, the international community split Vietnam in two pending elections. The elections never occurred and the partition...