Remembering Camelot

Rick Hertzberg is the most elegant writer. Here are his reflections on Ted Sorenson, who was, as Hertzberg writes, much more than John F. Kennedy's speechwriter.
It causes great melancholy to read of the spirit that drove Kennedy and Sorenson, especially their commitment to avoid war. Both men helped make America more exceptional than it was, which is one reason they did not have to go to extremes when invoking American exceptionalism.