The TIME site will indeed let me call up covers, a few at a time. Nothing there like a quick and easy comparison between years. It happens someone in this house has a subscription to TIME, so I've been seeing the covers for a while. 1963 was definitely a more serious year. Even when they show politicians now, it's in a dumb "horse race" context, or a focus on some personal quirk that they think will draw the eyeballs away from PEOPLE or whatever occupies its place by the checkout lane now.

But thanks for your sneering imputation. You are a jolly fellow.