Like many of my generation, I was affected by John F. Kennedy's rise and fall. I have documented both the national issues and my own evolution in several writings.
- "JFK Assassination Theories in Their Leftist Context," an excerpt from Conspiracy: How the Paranoid Style Flourishes, and Where It Comes From (New York: Free Press, 1997), pp. 166-68. Notes the clever liberal method of blaming the Right for the assassination.
- "Lee Harvey Oswald's Malign Legacy," DanielPipes.org, The Jerusalem Post, November 22, 2007. Summarizes and reflects on James Piereson, Camelot and the Cultural Revolution: How the Assassination of John F. Kennedy Shattered American Liberalism (Encounter).
- "'America's Chickens are Coming Home to Roost'," DanielPipes.org, March 13, 2008. Traces this phrase used by Malcolm X in response to the assassination.
- "Memories of John F. Kennedy's Inauguration," DanielPipes.org, January 20, 2011. Recalls a personal coming of age politically.
- "Still Blaming Conservatives for Lee Harvey Oswald," DanielPipes.org, Nov. 19, 2013. An update on the Piereson thesis, focusing on a New York Times article on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the assassination.
- "The JFK Assassination's Continued Importance," National Review Online, November 22, 2013. Points to Vietnam, the Great Society, the liberal derangement, and conspiracism as enduring consequences.
(November 22, 2013)
