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Dec 19, 2024 | 
mises.org | John Kennedy
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
nsjonline.com | John Kennedy
“It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord.”More than three centuries ago, the Pilgrims, after a year of hardship and peril, humbly and reverently set aside a special day upon which to give thanks to God for their preservation and for the good harvest from the virgin soil upon which they had labored. Grave and unknown dangers remained. Yet by their faith and by their toil they had survived the rigors of the harsh New England winter.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
post-gazette.com | John Kennedy
On Nov. 11, 1961, President John F. Kennedy, himself a veteran of World War II, spoke of the nation’s veterans at Arlington National Cemetery. In a world tormented by tension and the possibilities of conflict, we meet in a quiet commemoration of an historic day of peace. In an age that threatens the survival of freedom, we join together to honor those who made our freedom possible. The resolution of the Congress which first proclaimed Armistice Day, described Nov.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
mises.org | John Kennedy
On September 29, 2024, President Trump posted on X the Catholic prayer of St. Michael the Archangel alongside a photo of a St. Michael painting by Italian artist Guido Reni. The next day, Russell Brand and Jordan Peterson said the Lord’s Prayer over a crowd in Washington, D.C. Although social conservatism has been a touch-and-go tactic for Republicans in elections, it’s incredibly useful to use when trying to mobilize Christian groups, but has often scared off women, moderates, and independents.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
mises.org | John Kennedy
For religions throughout the world, established rules, studies, and practices are instrumental for their legitimacy. Established religious institutions throughout the world train theologians to study the nature of God and their belief system. For the Sunni Muslims, theologians in the school consist of legal studies in line with Islam, while others like the Murji’ah sect focus on moral teachings of work and faith.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
finebooksmagazine.com | John Kennedy |Nicholas Basbanes
Posters designed by Leslie Ragan for the New York Central Lines railroad come up for sale at Swann Galleries today at its Rare & Important Travel Posters auction. Ragan designed one of the most recognizable American train posters, an Art Deco image of The New 20th Century Limited, the Henry Dreyfuss-designed train which has an estimate of $12,000 - $18,000.
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Aug 28, 2024 | 
theatlantic.com | John Kennedy
NEARLY 14,000 employees working for the John Doe Company, a New England textile concern, lost their jobs in the period following World War II because of the liquidation of thirteen of their mills. During the same period, the same company opened a large number of new plants in the South. It had “migrated.” Why? To what extent was it influenced by natural advantages, by unfair practices, or by the policies of the Federal government?
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
mises.org | John Kennedy
From Mullah to ProgressiveOn May 19, 2024, the president of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, was killed in a helicopter crash in the mountains of Iran. He was a Shi’ite cleric and lawyer who won the presidency in 2021. After his death, a man by the name of Masoud Pezeshkian won the following presidential election. Pezeshkian is a polar opposite of the previous president Raisi; he has been called a reformist by Western and Middle Eastern media outlets.
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Jul 15, 2024 | 
mises.org | John Kennedy
After the first presidential debate on June 27, 2024, the media did something no one suspected: they began running headlines questioning President Biden’s mental capacity. CNN named its first analysis, titled “Biden’s disastrous debate pitches his reelection bid into crisis.” The author claimed that “objectively, Biden produced the weakest performance since John F.
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May 31, 2024 | 
rsn.org | John Kennedy
The struggle for industryEditor’s Note: In his first year as the Junior Senator from Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy in three incisive speeches hit hard at the unfair competitive practices that have led industry to migrate from New England to the South. He argued that substandard wages and tax subsidies are no foundation on which to build a stable economy, and then presented his program for a fairer competition—a program which he has graphically illustrated in the article which follows.
