I remember a professor told me he considered BBC about the most reliable major news source in the world, tone and slantwise, due to the fact that the British have been an empire and long ago came back, and just don't have a dog in a lot of other countries' fights.

Can't argue with their assessment of JFK. One of the functions of a president is national cheerleader, and I think he did that pretty well. He said we should go to the moon and we did. And Ask not what your country can do for you... was a good message.

Who would have thought a freak typhoon would have come out of nowhere and wrecked all calculations?