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  "path": "/issues/2026-7-4/the-good-the-bad-and-the-mad-kennedys",
  "publishedAt": "2026-07-04T00:00:00.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\n\n##### A dynastic audit of America’s unofficial royal family\n\nBy George Pendle\n\nThe Kennedys have been making headlines, and feeding the gossip pages, for over a century, and, like their British equivalent—the royal family—their members come in every conceivable variety: saintly, devilish, deranged, and sometimes a mixture of all three.\n\nFor example, John F. Kennedy excelled in public service (good) while being a horndog in private (bad). Robert F. Kennedy Jr. began as an environmental crusader (good) before turning into an anti-vax crank (bad) with a penchant for beheading whales (mad). Others have been nutty from the get-go—here’s looking at you, Jack Schlossberg!\n\nSo, as America celebrates its 250th anniversary, we sort the famed clan into its proper dynastic categories. READ ON",
  "title": "The Good, the Bad, and the Mad Kennedys"
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