JFK and the Age of Paranoia
JFK shortly before his assassination. (Bettmann/Getty Images)
Sixty years after the assassination of a president, the myth of the martyr-savior lives on.
It has been 60 years since President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. But the shots that rang out around the world on November 22, 1963, still echo through American politics. One recent afternoon I walked along Elm Street as it runs through Dealey Plaza, from the old Texas School Book Depository to the underpass, past three guided tours, and …
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