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Ruth Paine, who lent a helping hand to Lee and Marina Oswald, looks back at Nov. 22, 1963

SANTA ROSA, Calif. — The words that come to mind are peace, serenity and beauty. It is here, in the foothills of California wine country, that Ruth Paine has chosen to make her home, in a Quaker retirement community, far from the sound and fury of Nov. 22, 1963.

Tribune News Service · Nov 17, 2022

We Are Going to the Moon

Thanks to the rise of private spaceflight companies, mankind will have a future off-Earth.

Reason · Nov 15, 2022

Miami Beach hotel that hosted JFK, Beatles imploded

A once-luxurious Miami Beach hotel that hosted the Beatles and President John F. Kennedy during its 1960s heyday has been imploded

The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2022

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The midterms didn't produce a wave. Here's what that's meant historically

Historically, first midterms are cold showers for the occupant of the White House.

WEKU · Nov 13, 2022

Union leader wounded during RFK slaying dies at 97

Paul Schrade, a labor union leader who was shot in the head during the assassination of Robert F

The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2022

Paul Schrade dies; union leader survived bullet to the head when Robert F. Kennedy was killed

Paul Schrade soaked up the excitement as the crowd roared and Robert Kennedy smiled and leaned into the microphone: “So my thanks to all of you, and on to Chicago we go.”

Los Angeles Times · Nov 9, 2022

Baseball quiz: Vote for Bill

On Election Day, remember to cast your ballot — and if you don’t like the choices, write me in

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 5, 2022

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Sixty years ago, true statecraft avoided a nuclear war. We need that again over Ukraine

The danger of a quick slide into all-out nuclear war between Russia and the US is less, but in other ways the risk we face is more alarming, says author and former Moscow correspondent Jonathan Steele

The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2022

21 of the best conspiracy theories

Conspiracy theories that have taken hold range from a faked moon landing to Barack Obama's birthplace to chemtrails.

LiveScience · Nov 2, 2022

When the Supreme Court loses Americans' loyalty, chaos – even violence – can follow

The Supreme Court’s historically low public standing has prompted a national conversation about the court’s legitimacy. It’s even drawn rare public comment from three sitting Supreme Court justices. What’s referred to by experts as the problem of “judicial legitimacy” may seem abstract, but the court’s faltering public support is about…

The Conversation · Oct 31, 2022

The Loop: Australian killed in Seoul stampede remembered as 'gorgeous angel', Caroline Kennedy on ambassadorship, Melbourne Cup set to be wet

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ABC News · Oct 31, 2022

'America doesn't have a stronger, closer ally': US ambassador Caroline Kennedy on her Australian posting

In her first interview as US ambassador to Australia, Caroline Kennedy says she's honoured to serve in the role.

ABC News · Oct 31, 2022

Russia's Lavrov needles Biden over Cuban missile crisis and Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin's foreign minister on Sunday needled Joe Biden over Ukraine, saying that he hoped the U.S. president had the wisdom to deal with a global confrontation similar to the 1962 Cuban missile crisis.

Reuters · Oct 30, 2022

Time to give peace a chance in Ukraine

Leaders in the global South, former U.S. diplomats and Henry Kissinger (!) agree: It's time to negotiate for real

Salon · Oct 29, 2022

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The Texas Tribune · Oct 28, 2022

Texas tries again to prove that Scott Panetti is just sane enough to be executed

The convicted murderer’s lengthy history of schizophrenia and delusions is well documented, from trying to call Jesus Christ as a trial witness to believing that prison dentists put a transmitter in his tooth.

Salon · Oct 27, 2022

Stop worrying and love the bomb

The U.S. is slipping into war with Russia, with the goal of humiliating and defeating Putin. What could go wrong?

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022

Voices: We need to have an urgent conversation about what happened at the Oz-Fetterman Pennsylvania debate

Fetterman’s performance was genuinely shocking to many

ABC News · Oct 25, 2022

JFK's Cuban missile crisis speech became iconic. But it could have been 'humanity's suicide note'

Author and former speechwriter Jeff Nussbaum unearthed the speeches that were not delivered at turning points in history.

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Roll Call · Oct 25, 2022

John Fetterman had a stroke, but have voters ever cared about a candidate’s health? - Roll Call

From Arlen Specter to Mark Kirk and beyond, “it doesn’t reveal a thing about a person’s character,” one pollster says.

The Guardian - US · Oct 25, 2022

Samuel Alito assured Ted Kennedy in 2005 of respect for Roe, diary reveals

Excerpts reported by late senator’s biographer show Alito, who wrote June ruling that outlawed abortion, said he was ‘big believer in precedents’

The Guardian - US · Oct 20, 2022

Biden officials sued over delayed release of JFK assassination records

Non-profit archive Mary Ferrell Foundation says repeated delay has deprived historians of ability to work on president’s death in 1963

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2022

Historians sue Biden for ‘illegally’ withholding 16,000 JFK assassination files: ‘What are they hiding?’

‘They decided to pillory Trump over this issue because he’s a political enemy, but they’re guilty of violating records laws themselves with the JFK records act,’ historian says

WEKU · Oct 16, 2022

60 years after the Cuban missile crisis, Russia's threats reignite Cold War fears

Over 13 days beginning on Oct. 16, 1962, the U.S. and Soviet Union were at the brink of a nuclear conflict. But since the Cold War ended, some historical assumptions about the crisis have changed.

The Guardian - US · Oct 16, 2022

Cuban missile crisis, 60 years on: what the Russians left behind

Villagers became enmeshed in a battle for nuclear dominance – with the showdown leading Cuba to become one of the most militarised states in the world

The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2022

Abyss: The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 by Max Hastings review – the eve of destruction

The historian’s incisive account of the standoff between the US and Russia has chilling and timely lessons 60 years on

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