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Good morning. In the penultimate edition of our America 250 series, we’re taking a look at two men who directly took on the Soviet menace — but in very different ways. |
President John F. Kennedy brought America back from the brink of nuclear war with the USSR during the Cuban Missile Crisis, all without firing a shot. |
And while socialist ideas spread across America, Thomas Sowell spent his career making the case for the one thing that actually works — free market economics. |
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THE MAIN STORY |
How JFK saved America from nuclear annihilation |
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John F. Kennedy was far from a flawless president. His first major foreign policy gamble — the Bay of Pigs invasion in April 1961 — was a catastrophic embarrassment. |
The CIA’s attempt to topple Fidel Castro collapsed within three days. Kennedy inherited the plan from the Eisenhower administration, and it ended with the surrender of over 1,000 US-backed Cuban exiles to the communists. It was a humiliating debut on the world stage for the young president, emboldening Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and prompting him to continue testing America. |
The next test came eighteen months later — and this time, Kennedy passed… |
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THE MAIN STORY |
Thomas Sowell and the economics of freedom |
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Thomas Sowell was one of the greatest champions of free market economics America has ever produced. He dedicated his life to explaining, in plain language, why economic freedom works and government centralization doesn't. |
The great-grandson of slaves, he harbored no resentment toward his country. On the contrary, he spent fifty years making the case that America's founding principles were worth defending. |
His most foundational insight is a brilliant truth and a direct rebuke to the popular socialist ideas of his day and today: no government, no matter how smart the people running it, can ever have enough information to run an economy well… |
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YOUR TAKE |
Do you consider JFK to be a great president? |
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YOUR TAKE |
Does the US economy have any room for socialist policies? |
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TODAY’S POLL |
📊 Which was more important for the USA last century?Want your comment to be featured? Be sure to include your name. |
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POP QUIZ |
US History: Who was John F. Kennedy's Secretary of State? |
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POLL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY |
Would you be willing to pay higher gas prices for the US to win the Iran war? |
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 👍 Yes (1,348)
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 👎 No (159)
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🤔 Unsure (105) |
👍 Yes: ”Pay more for gas for a short time versus facing a nuclear armed country who believes in Death to America? I’ll take the higher priced tank of gas.” — Mike 👎 No: “I’m not sure the Iran war is winnable. Neither side has budged on their red line items.” — Jennifer 🤔 Unsure: “If there is a total regime change and complete denuclearization then yes. But if it only results in an agreement which Iran will never uphold then no.” — Kim |
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