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  "description": "The author's qualifier that they've taken creative license with some of these accounts is...well, it does a lot to strike down a lot of trust you might have had in what follows. Everything that's described is both salacious and not exactly beyond belief. The Kennedy family is often regarded as royalty, the entire concept of which is (or was?) anathema to the American experiment (the results of which haven't been great, but that's a larger discussion). There have always been rumors about JFK's affairs that get played down, the incident in Chappaquiddick with Ted and, well, on and on. People in power do whatever they can to stay in power. Rich people ascribe to themselves admirable qualities that they neither possess nor exhibit while trampling on whoever they please to retain that status. Big family name, seriously questionable history (lord knows what harm will be caused by the family member in the current, viciously cruel administration) and artistic license taken in the retelling. Not the best book, but the family it covers has an often sterling reputation that isn't deserved.",
  "path": "/reading/books/9780316276177/ask-not",
  "publishedAt": "2025-02-23T00:00:00Z",
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  "tags": [
    "politics",
    "history",
    "nonfiction"
  ],
  "title": "Ask Not"
}