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In August 1961, I visited President Kennedy at Hyannis Port. The Berlin Wall was going up, and he was about to begin a huge military buildup – reluctantly, or so he said, as he puffed on a cigar liberated by a friend from Castro’s Cuba.

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World War II made prosperous the United States, which had been undergoing a depression for a dozen years, and made very rich those magnates and their managers who govern the republic – with many a wink – in the people’s name.

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To invent a war means that you’ve become a wartime president, and you can suspend much if not all of the Bill of Rights.

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April 30, 2024

To invent a war means that you’ve become a wartime president, and you can suspend much if not all of the Bill of Rights.

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April 30, 2024

World War II made prosperous the United States, which had been undergoing a depression for a dozen years, and made very rich those magnates and their managers who govern the republic – with many a wink – in the people’s name.

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