To the editor: President John F. Kennedy led with his wit. (“The state of politics today should scare us into our wits,” Opinion, Dec. 19) During the 1960 presidential campaign, some pundits ...

April 22, 2008 Is Obama JFK or Adlai Stevenson? By E. J. Dionne. DOWNINGTOWN, Pa. -- The result of the 2008 election may come down to how voters decide to define Barack Obama.

Harry Truman and John F. Kennedy, winners both, stood to the ... Adlai Stevenson’s inability to prevail in the tawdry arena of electioneering became a flickering testament to the conviction ...

In the years before the JFK assassination, Dallas emerged as the epicenter of America's extremist movements, the home to far-right figures like former gener Edwin Walker, oil baron H.L. Hunt, and ...

We were an Adlai Stevenson family and as a little boy I rooted for the. Skip to content. ... Adlai Stevenson, JFK, Obama and the Jewish vote. By Raphael J. Sonenshein Published October 28, 2008 ...

Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. July 28, 1960, Vol. V, No. 40 Kennedy and the Intellectuals “Let us have your ...

Sen. John F. Kennedy makes his way into the Los Angeles Sports Arena on July 13, 1960, after being nominated for president. | AP Photo By Andrew Glass 07/12/2017 12:03 AM EDT Updated: 07/12/2017 ...

There are few modern historical figures I admire more than Adlai E. Stevenson, the thoughtful and self-aware mid-century politician best known today for being a perennial presidential also-ran ...

Democrats nominate JFK, June 13, 1960 By Andrew Glass 07/13/2009 04:19 AM EDT On this day in 1960, delegates to the Democratic National Convention nominated Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts ...

Former U.S. Sen. Adlai E. Stevenson III, the fourth generation of an iconic Illinois Democratic political family to hold public office and who lost the closest governor’s race in state history ...