1.0The Texas Observerhttps://www.texasobserver.orgJosh Rosenblatthttps://www.texasobserver.org/author/josh-rosenblatt/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="f5hKc9cDLx"><a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/the-dictator-on-the-ranch/">The Dictator on the Ranch</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.texasobserver.org/the-dictator-on-the-ranch/embed/#?secret=f5hKc9cDLx" width="600" height="338" title="“The Dictator on the Ranch” — The Texas Observer" data-secret="f5hKc9cDLx" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<i.length;o++)if(r=i[o],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,a.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> The late spring of 1961 was a rough time for President John F. Kennedy. The residual thrills from his inauguration in January and his razor-thin victory over Richard Nixon the previous year had long since vanished. By May, the botched Bay of Pigs invasion had nearly derailed his presidency and convinced many in Washington, D.C., […]https://www.texasobserver.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/about-the-texas-observer.jpg740402