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JFK,  Dylan, and the Death of the American Dream 

June 2, 2020Assassination, Best of, ReviewNo comments

In these terrible days, I got to thinking about Tim Shorrock’s essay/review on Bob Dylan’s JFK opus:

At its most essential level, “Murder Most Foul” marks the collapse of the American dream, dating from that terrible day in Dallas, when a certain evil in our midst was revealed in ways not seen for a hundred years—a day that, for Dylan, myself, and others of our generation is forever seared into our collective memory.

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Was JFK going to pull out of Vietnam?

December 13, 2013Assassination, Presidency36 comments

Yes. He had a plan to do just that, as University of Texas professor Jamie Galbraith demonstrates in this recent piece for The Nation.

 

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