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On Vices and Guilty Pleasures
Why there is nothing wrong with having a vice
He was young, brave, courageous, daring, and a true leader.
He pulled the world back from the brink of nuclear disaster and maybe another World War by adeptly handling the Cuban Missile Crises. As a leader, he oversaw the successful voyage of the first American in space and he challenged the US and the world to greatness when he committed the US to landing a man on the moon — a challenge which was successfully completed when Apollo 11 landed on the moon in 1969.
John F. Kennedy made history on 8th November 1960, becoming the youngest person ever to be elected to the office of the U.S. president. He beat Richard Nixon, to become the 35th President of the United States. Although his tenure was cut short when he was snatched by the cold hands of death, which he met at the hands of a lone shooter, his accomplishments reverberate even today — 60 years after his death.
For all the good names JFK has been called and the virtues he possessed, JFK also had his vices. On many occasions, reporters saw beautiful women come and go into the White House to visit the 35th president. He would invite beautiful women to pool parties, and even take them on foreign trips. In JFK’s own words,
“If I don’t have sex every day, I get a…
