My Non-Intersection with Castro and My Intersection with JFK

Castro visited Harvard in April, 1959 where I was a sophomore. His speech is on YouTube. He hadn’t yet declared his communism openly. A commentator writes “So many of us wanted to see and hear him that Harvard’s auditoriums could not accommodate the event. His speech was delivered in an amphitheater erected outside Harvard Stadium and 10,000 students and residents packed into the fenced-off area for the event.” I was not among them. For someone as apolitical as I was and who regarded the “soft” social “sciences” as unscientific and a pit of confused opinions and interpretations, why would I … Continue reading My Non-Intersection with Castro and My Intersection with JFK