OPINION February 4, 2020 Jared Cohen: To surge ahead in Dem primary, one of leading candidates should announce a running mate NOW Naming a vice presidential running mate this early in the primary season is a risky move, perhaps, but it would at least demonstrate novel political technique and a willingness to take bold steps to secure the party's nomination.
OPINION November 23, 2019 Jared Cohen: How JFK's assassination and LBJ's succession changed the course of history President Kennedy’s supporters were horrified by the idea of Lyndon Johnson as president.
OPINION November 22, 2019 Jared Cohen: JFK assassination -- The Beatles' surprising role in helping to heal a country in mourning On November 22, 1963, while President Kennedy prepared to face the political gauntlet of Dallas agitators, something extraordinary was happening across the pond and it was about to invade America.
OPINION November 22, 2019 Jared Cohen: JFK's death — THIS is what Condoleezza Rice, Dick Cheney, Jesse Jackson, others will never forget Fifty-six years ago this week, President Kennedy arrived in Dallas, Texas as part of a multi-day campaign stop.
OPINION May 25, 2019 Jared Cohen: When a 'troll' met the president On August 27, 1881, then vice president Arthur had received the first of several dozen letters from a mysterious pen pal named Julia Sand.
OPINION May 18, 2019 Jared Cohen: How a drunk vice president foreshadowed segregation Inauguration day, March 4, 1865, was a miserable day, but nonetheless an extraordinary scene. Abraham Lincoln had won re-election and the Civil War was all but won. His second inaugural address would later be regarded as one of the great speeches of his career, but not before his soon-to-be vice president made a drunken fool of himself.
OPINION May 11, 2019 Accidental Presidents, Part 6: Cabinet catastrophe and a president in love February 28, 1844, was the worst day in presidential history. But the story of that day has one happy ending.
OPINION May 4, 2019 Accidental Presidents, Part 5: Conspiracy, murder, and a near constitutional crisis Given how loosely we throw around the term “constitutional crisis,” it is worth reflecting back on April 14, 1865, when the U.S. came dangerously close to one.
OPINION April 27, 2019 Accidental Presidents, Part 4: Lessons in leadership We can learn a lot from the triumphs and failures of the eight men who became president upon the death of their predecessors.
OPINION April 20, 2019 Accidental Presidents, Part 3: How two assassinations torpedoed civil rights in America If Abraham Lincoln’s assassination opened the door to segregation, it was James Garfield’s murder that cemented that path.
