This newsletter was sent to everyone on Jim’s email list (2,7xx) on Friday, June 28, 2019. The great satisfaction of a project nearing completion came for me this week with the arrival of proof copies of Loyal Mountaineers: The Civil War Memoirs of Will McTeer. McTeer left his home near the Great Smoky Mountains in • Read More »
Archives: John F. Kennedy
More literary deceptions, Artemus Ward, and JFK on open government: newsletter, Dec. 28, 2018
December 31, 2018 | By Jim Stovall | No Comments | Filed in: books, fiction, newsletter, writers, writing.
This newsletter was sent to all of the subscribers on Jim’s list (2,951) on Friday, Dec. 28, 2018. This is the last newsletter of the year and time, once again, to thank all of you newsletter readers for reading and responding. You have given me so many good tips about articles and books. • Read More »
Solon – an ancient sage and a synonym
June 11, 2018 | By Jim Stovall | No Comments | Filed in: writing.If you read the quotations from the speeches of John F. Kennedy in my post about them or in last week’s newsletter, you might remember one of his references to someone named Solon, whom he identified as an Athenian lawmaker. Solon (638-558 BC) was more than that. He is listed as one of the Seven • Read More »
John Kennedy’s words are still worth our attention
May 30, 2018 | By Jim Stovall | No Comments | Filed in: journalism.This week saw the passing of the birthday — almost without notice — of a recent American president: John F. Kennedy. Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, and there was no special reason to note his birthday. He was in office for less than three years, and one could argue that his death — • Read More »
That was then – JFK blasts the idea of government secrecy
May 18, 2013 | By Jim Stovall | No Comments | Filed in: First Amendment, law.Once upon a time, a president of the United States — in the face of grave danger to the nation — had this to say about government secrecy: