Pat Murphy • Nelson Voice

The Bay of Pigs fiasco upended J.F.K.’s presidential honeymoon

Posted by Pat Murphy | Apr 11, 2021

In his first serious foreign policy test in 1961, the new American president flunked badly. He was in way over his head

Posted by Pat Murphy | Mar 31, 2021

The American novelist and screenwriter was responsible for Lonesome Dove, The Last Picture Show and Hud, among many other works

Posted by Pat Murphy | Mar 25, 2021

2024 Republican nomination will be a prize worth winning. Not an automatic ticket to the White House but more than a consolation prize

Posted by Pat Murphy | Mar 14, 2021

Sarsfield was the de facto commander of James’s forces in Ireland. The mission failed but his reputation for gallantry was assured

Posted by Pat Murphy | Mar 2, 2021

The first Ali-Frazier fight was boxing at its most thrilling. But it was also surrounded by name calling and racial strife, with political overtones