Nixon in 1966

The GOP resurgence calls to mind the 1966 midterm, another successful year for the party.  RN was a big part of that success, as Warren Weaver wrote in The New York Times on November 13 of that year: The political equivalent of the batting championship for the 1966...

Religion and the 1960 Election

Today was the 50th anniversary of JFK’s famous address to Greater Houston Ministerial Association, in which he reaffirmed his belief in the separation of church and state.   This occasion raises the question of whether his Catholicism help or hurt in his 1960...