MANY of us will come away from his recollection of his twelve years with John Kennedy unexpectedly fond of Ted Sorensen. To be liked was not always his experience and seldom his intention.

From hiring undocumented nannies to heavy drinking, sins that sank past Cabinet nominees seem quaint in the new era of low standards.

In 1960, the presidential race between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon was a tight one, and both sides were looking for an ...

When then-President Carter wanted Ted Sorensen to head the CIA, his nominee faced criticisms that he used classified material to write a book about President John F. Kennedy and defended Daniel ...

A persistent myth about Donald Trump is that he had the Resolute Desk (made from the HMS Resolute and gifted to president ...

George Washington is the only president of the United States whose inauguration took place in New York City, then the ...

Grandma McMorris seldom curses, so when she said, “never let a son of a bitch know he’s a son of a bitch,” I knew she was ...

Treasury’s Douglas Dillon and Speechwriter Ted Sorensen. Kennedy’s greatest respect is reserved for men who get things done, rather than those who just think about them. “We always need more ...

Hence Samuel Rosenman under Roosevelt; Clark Clifford under Truman; Sherman Adams under Eisenhower; Ted Sorensen under Kennedy; Bill Moyers and Joe Califano under Johnson; and John Ehrlichman in ...

Drafted by talented speech writers such as Theodore 'Ted' Sorensen, these presidential remarks helped to set a mood of national optimism during the early 1960s. Only after Kennedy's murder in 1963 ...

Kennedy Democratic U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia Eleanor Holmes Norton Democratic U.S. House North Carolina District 1 Donald Davis Democratic U.S. House North Carolina District ...

Alexandra Sifferlin, a health and science editor for Times Opinion, hosted an online conversation on Wednesday with the ...