When the nation finally learned that the President “was a pharmaceutical miracle, with his own speed connection,” as part of a “crazy-quilt array of drugs” that kept him mostly functional, at least during public appearances, it came as no surprise. The doctor in charge of it all even had the perfect nickname: Dr. Feelgood.
The President was John F. Kennedy and the time was 60 years ago, but the more things change, the more they stay the same.
