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...Kennedy??s presidency covered one of the most anxious periods in our nation’s history, at the height of the Cold War, and yet our national morale has never since been so high. Another of our greatest presidents, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Class of 1904, looked to the arts to restore the confidence of the American people in the depths of the Great Depression, because no matter what congressional Republicans say, art is cheap. The NEA didn’t exist until 1965, but in 1935, when the unemployment rate was over 20 percent, Roosevelt created over...
...weeks ago, when the presidential candidates joined other senators in expressing their sorrow at the news of his brain tumor, they shared a special reason: For the next president to get anything done, Kennedy??s talent at working across party lines is essential and exceptional. McCain, Obama, and Clinton know...
Although future generations would mock the idealism of John F. Kennedy??s ’40 appeal to “ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country,” his call to service was more than a mere platitude. His message reflected a fervent belief that the concerned citizen ought to contribute part of his life to the national interest, a civic philosophy that had been cultivated while a young Jack Kennedy was at Harvard. Today, it is unfortunate that more Americans have not heeded Kennedy?...
...dismiss idealism wholesale and deride its proponents is to ignore some of the great social projects of our generation. To combat those who believe Kennedy??s command implausible are the many who have followed his words and proved them possible. Teach for America (TFA) began as the thesis of a Princeton senior. The brainchild of a 22-year-old intent on fixing America’s educational inequity provides low-income schools with highly educated young people who are three times more effective at teaching core subjects than those who would otherwise be in their stead...
...practice of Apartheid persisted in South Africa and spilled into Cambridge, raising questions of divestment and inciting a hunger strike. While the oil shortages of the 70s had faded away, some prescient observers realized that stability was a fleeting phenomenon. Less presciently, many thought that the days of Ted Kennedy??s prominence on the American political scene were over after his 1984 presidential bid went afoul. At the same time, death sentences continued to be passed down after the Supreme Court removed its ban on the practice in the late 70s. And on February 28, America said goodbye...