There’s something about the beach that makes the air lighter, the mood easier, and the whole world feel more open. Maybe it’s the sun pouring warmth across the sand, or the ocean’s steady rhythm that makes people let their guard down. Whatever it is, beaches have always been natural social spaces—places where strangers cross paths …
On September 26, 1960, America tuned in to something it had never seen before — politics as performance, democracy played out not on a podium or in print, but in the glow of television screens. It was the first-ever televised presidential debate, pitting a young senator from Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy, against the sitting vice …
