Author and Historian THURSTON CLARKE joined S.T. Patrick on the Midnight Writer News Show to discuss the last hundred days of JFK as a man and a president. Clarke, the author of JFK's Last Hundred Days: The Transformation of a Man and the Emergence of a Great President, addresses the death of Patrick Kennedy two days after his birth, Russia, Vietnam, the Diem assassination, the … [Read more...]
MWN Episode 023 – Dr John Newman on JFK, Oswald, & Cuba
In Part II of our discussion with DR. JOHN NEWMAN, Dr. Newman discusses JFK, Oswald, and Cuba. In this episode, Newman and S.T. Patrick address the CIA's role in the overthrow of Batista, the truth regarding the supposed uprising-that-wasn't at the Bay of Pigs, the destructive relationship between JFK and his own Joint Chiefs, the June Cobb story, Oswald's 1963 trips to New … [Read more...]
Horne Makes JFK National Security Presentation Available to MWN
On June 3, 2017 Douglas Horne, author of two-volume Deception, Intrigue, and the Road to War about FDR's foreknowledge regarding the attack on Pearl Harbor, made a presentation for the Future of Freedom Foundation. Horne's presentation was entitled “The National Security Establishment’s Obsession with Invading Castro’s Cuba (1960-1963): The Bay of Pigs, Northwoods, and Beyond.” … [Read more...]
Che Guevara, Richard Goodwin, and the Almost Peace of 1961
Richard Goodwin was part of a group of young, idealistic, Northeastern liberals who entered the oval office with President John F. Kennedy in 1961. At 31, Goodwin had joined the administration as Ted Sorensen’s speechwriting assistant before being appointed to the role of JFK’s point man on Latin American affairs. Goodwin had come to Washington D.C. just out of college in … [Read more...]
The Future of Cuba: Algunas puertas se pueden abrir, mientras otras se pueden cerrar
History may yet absolve Fidel Castro (1926-2016) just as he predicted while representing himself at trial for the 1953 failed coup attempt on Cuban President Fulgencio Batista (1901-1973). President Barack Obama used the 2014 Christmas season to announce his intention to relax tensions and work toward normalizing relations with the Castro government entering its 56th … [Read more...]