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Robert F. Kennedy

The Time The President Didn't Intervene

John R. Bohrer | Posted 09.25.2009 | New York

Read More: John v. Lindsay, Liberal Party, Robert F. Wagner Jr., David Paterson, New York Politics, Hubert H. Humphrey, Barack Obama, New York, Robert F. Kennedy, Hubert Humphrey, Obama Paterson, Lyndon B. Johnson, New York Mayor, 1965, Lbj, Lyndon Johnson, Newsweek, John Lindsay, Robert Kennedy, New York News
John R. Bohrer

In the first year of his first elected term, Lyndon Johnson made the presidency look easy. Landmark bills on education, health care and civil rights were flying through Congress. But he stayed out of New York politics.

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Why The Kennedy Eulogies Struck the Right Tone

William Bradley | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlington National Cemetery, Capitol Hill, Joe Biden, Robert Byrd, John Culver, Mike Mansfield, Strom Thurmond, Ted Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, John Kerry, U.S. Senate, Ted Kennedy Jr., John F. Kennedy, Kennedy Library, John McCain, Gary Hart, Politics News
William Bradley

We live in a moment of hyperpartisan politics and hyperactive media. These things militate against what the Kennedy eulogies celebrated.

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My One and Only Kennedy Funeral

Andrew Cohen | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Edward Kennedy, Kennedy, Ted Kennedy Dead, Senator Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Politics News
Andrew Cohen

The lesson for Ted Kennedy was a simple one: never, ever give up because if you last long enough things can come around.

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The Irony of Ted Kennedy -- A Different Perspective

Sophia A. Nelson | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

Read More: President John F. Kennedy, Mary Jo Kopechne, Joseph P. Kennedy, Senator Ted Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Living News
Sophia A. Nelson

Son of a wealthy Irish businessman, turned ambassador, brother of a president, brother of an attorney general, he endured and was an effective leader because he understood pain and loss.

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Remembering Ted Kennedy

Murray Fromson | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Moscow, Bangkok, Lyndon Johnson, CBS News, Ted Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Russia, Lbj, Chicago, Cold War, Politics News
Murray Fromson

None of my colleagues covering Ted Kennedy's early emergence on the national horizon in the 1960s bet on him as a promising young star.

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Ted Kennedy: A Reason To Rejoice

Mark Dorlester | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Jr, Robert Bork, Martin Luther King, Ted Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Politics News
Mark Dorlester

Much is said today, as Senator Kennedy is memorialized, about his long and extraordinary service to our nation. But with all that, I rejoice today for a different reason.

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What Will Someday Come to Pass

Craig Crawford | Posted 09.28.2009 | Home

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald, California, Ted Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Home News
Craig Crawford

The saddest thing about Teddy's burial at Arlington on Saturday is that there were no brothers left to say what he said for RFK.

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Camelot will never Die with the Lion's Roar

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Royalty, John F. Kennedy, Senator Ted Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, John and Jackie, Health Care Reform, The Democratic Convention, The Kennedy Legacy, American Royalty, Barack Obama, Camelot, Robert F. Kennedy, Magestry, Hyanasport, Politics News
Francesca Biller-Safran

With the beautiful Kennedy brothers now all at rest, the high principles, steady hand and well-earned sweat of their life's work will never be lost and never will die.

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Just One More Example of Edward Kennedy's Service to His Country

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Edward Kennedy, Senator Edward Kennedy, Vietnam, Vietnam War, Kennedy, South Vietnam, President Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Nguyen Van Thieu, President Johnson, Subcommittee on Refugees and Escapees, Robert F. Kennedy, Arvn, Thieu, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

Kennedy's role in ending the Vietnam War should be honored and remembered as a unique contribution he made to serving his country in a very difficult and polarized time.

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Kennedy: The Lion at Rest

Rick Horowitz | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Kennedy and Chappaquiddick, Kennedy and Personal Life, Edward Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, Kennedy Death, Kennedy Brothers, Kennedy and Senate Record, Edward M. Kennedy, Joe Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Kennedy Family, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

Senator Edward M. Kennedy, dead at 77 -- and thank goodness for that. None of his three brothers -- his three older brothers -- made it to 70. Or 60. Or even 50.

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VIDEO: Senator Ted Kennedy's Address to Alaskans

Shannyn Moore | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Alaska, Video, Mark Begich, Martin Luther King, Senator Ted Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Palin, Robert F. Kennedy, Sitka, Politics News
Shannyn Moore

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy spoke to the Alaska Democratic Party Convention in Sitka on April 7, 1968. This speech was discovered forty years later and was in near perfect condition.

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Edward Kennedy: A Lion In The Fight Against Gun Violence

Paul Helmke | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Gun Violence, Senate, Gun Control, Barack Obama, Ted Kennedy, Guns, Robert F. Kennedy, John Hinckley, Brady Law, Sirhan Sirhan, Politics News
Paul Helmke

The Brady Campaign, and all survivors of gun violence, will miss Senator Kennedy's giant presence on the national stage.

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Camelot Ends, Again: The Passing of Senator Ted Kennedy

William Bradley | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Eunice Kennedy Shriver, United States Senate, Barack Obama, Joe Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Hillary Clinton, Politics News
William Bradley

Though a most imperfect man, Ted Kennedy made his choice over a life of ease, and America is much the better for it.

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"We're Going to Kill Your Children": The CIA Inspector General's Report

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rendition, Waterboarding, Detainees, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA Interrogations, Torture, George W. Bush, Attorney General John Ashcroft, CIA Interrogators, Attorney General Eric Holder, Glen Beck, Robert F. Kennedy, Dick Cheney, Waterboard, Savak, CIA Torture Policies, Sean Hannity, CIA Prisoners, Khalid Shaykh Muhammad, 9-11, CIA Inspector General, John Durham, Dina, Orden, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

A.G. Holder's appointment of John Durham to investigate this sordid episode should be only the first step in a wholesale reevaluation of American national security priorities in the post-9-11 world.

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Slogging Towards Repeal

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: C-Span, Elaine Donnelly, Senate Appropriations Committee, Department of Defense, Colin Powell, Ike Skelton, Ann Coulter, The Rachel Maddow Show, U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, Sen. Dan Inouye, Senate Armed Services Committee, Obama Administration, Admiral Mike Mullen, House Armed Services Committee, Robert F. Kennedy, Defense Secretary Gates, Gays in the Military, Don't Ask Don't Tell, H.R. 1283, Eugene McCarthy, Iraq Veterans, Sen. Carl Levin, Martin Luther King, Human Events.com, "Summer of Love, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Rep. Jared Polis, Politics News
Aubrey Sarvis

The nation's armed forces are stretched thin, very thin. Repeal of DADT is a national security issue, first and last.

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Did Rupert Bed Jackie?

Michael Wolff | Posted 08.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Rupert Murdoch, Michael Wolff, Affairs, Jackie Kennedy, Jfk, New York Post, Jacqueline Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Rfk, Jackie O, Media News
Michael Wolff

Is it really possible to have had as much sex as the Kennedys had? Well, anyway, thank God for it. The Kennedy sex saga is really the story that keep...

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Jackie Kennedy And Bobby Kennedy Had Four-Year Love Affair, New Book Says

NY Post | JEANE MacINTOSH | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Book, Bobby Kennedy, Jackie Kennedy, Books, Robert F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Bobby and Jackie: A Love Story, Politics News

Jackie Kennedy had a four-year love affair with Bobby Kennedy that began not long after JFK's assassination and grew so intense that when RFK was gunn...

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New York Senate Debacle: The Powerbrokers of 1965 and Pissants of 2009

John R. Bohrer | Posted 07.31.2009 | New York

Read More: Robert F. Wagner Jr., New York Politics, Joseph Zaretzki, Pedro Espada, 2009, New York, Robert F. Kennedy, Jack Bronston, 1965, Hiram Monserrate, New York State Senate, Nelson Rockefeller, Julian Erway, Anthony Travia, Stanley Steingut, Robert Kennedy, Alan Hevesi, New York News
John R. Bohrer

The leadership stalemate of 1965 occurred at the start of the session, when bill expiration deadlines weren't looming. Pedro Espada's defection (facilitated by Hiram Monserrate) flushed months of hard-fought negotiations and legislative footwork down the toilet.

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Jackson's Death Means We're All Older Now and Need to Sober Up

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 07.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Prescription Drug Addiction, John F. Kennedy, Michael Jackson, The Moonwalk, I'll Be There, Charlies Angel's, Prescription Drugs, 1980's, Farrah Fawcett, Heroine, Charlies Angels, 1970's, Janis Joplin, ABC, "Thriller, Ed McMahon, Ratings, Fred Astaire, The Burning Bed, Keeping Up With the Joneses, Camero, The Partridge Family, Baby Boomers, Wacko Jacko, Thriller, Tabloids, American Bandstand, Martin Luther King Jr., Fat Albert, Jim Morrison, Elvis Presley, Rock With You, Robert F. Kennedy, Celebrity Worship, Soul Train, Cnn, Sideshow, Jimi Hendrix, Cocaine, Living News
Francesca Biller-Safran

The passing of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett has hit us near-baby boomers and full-on baby boomers with a rock and roll punch to the gut we weren't ready for.

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2009 Gary Roosevelt High School Commencement Address

Robert D. Patterson | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Gary Roosevelt High School, Civil Rights Movement, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Rush Limbaugh, Jim Crow Laws, Affirmativ Action, Robert D Patterson Md, Commencement Speech, Gary Roosevelt Commencement Speech, Glen Beck, Robert F. Kennedy, Medgar Evers, Gary Indiana, Sean Hannity, Vietnam War, Malcolm X, Racism, Discrimination, Obama Election Night, Politics News
Robert D. Patterson

I really wanted to help them understand that despite the positive changes in the current political landscape, they will need to be prepared for the inevitable backlash.

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Reading Amanda: One Black Man's Burden

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 06.13.2009 | Style

Read More: Harlem, John F. Kennedy, Langston Hughes, Charlie Rose, Jesus, Architectural Digest, James Baldwin, Carter Burden, Mr. And Mrs. Hamilton McKown Twombly, Eartha Kitt, Jane Jacobs, Amanda Burden, Charlie Rangel, The Dakota, Parties, Vanderbilt, New York City, Barack Obama, River House, Robert F. Kennedy, Rezoning, Newport, Lewis H. Michaux, In the Hamptons, Henry Roth, New York Times, Malcolm X, Philip Johnsons, Society, Maya Angelou, Tuxedo Park, New-York-Socialites, Style News
Michael Henry Adams

Reputedly she is known by friends and family as "Ba"; habitually, as a uniform, she sports sober Calvin Klein suits and subsists on tuna or grilled...

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Celebrities Hit Auction Block for Human Rights

Jeffrey Buchanan | Posted 06.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Matt Lauer, David Gregory, Crisis in Darfur, Mad Money, Anderson Cooper 360, Washington Capitols, Journalism, Boston-Bruins, New England Patriots, Joe Scarborough, Larry King, Cate Blanchett, Nancy Pelosi, Today Show, MSNBC Joe Scarborough, Andre Leon Talley, Hurricane Katrina, Farmworkers, Boston, The Today Show, Jennifer Hudson, Ben Stiller, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Bobby Flay, Russell Crowe, Steve Carell, Washington DC, Andre-Agassi, Rachel Maddow MSNBC, Robert DeNiro, Jim Cramer, Rachel Maddow Show, Robert F. Kennedy, Charity-Auction, House, Obama Inauguration Aretha Franklin, Oprah Winfrey, Human Rights, John McCain 2008, Ridley Scott, Indy 500, World Series, Warren Beatty, Rachel Maddow, Oprah, Rachel Ray, Robert-Deniro, Final Four, Huffington Post, Rfk Center, New Orleans, Meet the Press, This Week With George Stephanopoulos, The Rachel Maddow Show, Hugh Laurie, Morning Joe, This Week, Anderson Cooper, Real Time With Bill Maher, Diane Von Furstenberg, Dancing With the Stars Contestants, Larry King LIve, Michael Phelps, Aretha Franklin, Chuck Grodin, Philanthropy, Andrea Bocelli, David Foster, Bill Cosby, David Blaine, Tim Gunn, Investigative Journalism, Richard Gere, Dancing With the Stars, Indycar, Dalia Lama, Jason Taylor, John McCain, U.S. Open, Michael Buble, Kennedy, Darfur, Little Fockers, Alan Alda, Bill Maher, George Stephanopoulos, Oprah Winfrey Show, Regis Philbin, Bill O'Reilly, Robert Kennedy, Entertainment News
Jeffrey Buchanan

The online auction will raise funds supporting the RFK Center's vital work around the globe.

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No More Heroes

Gabe Gonzalez | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afghanistan War, Congress, Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan, Heroes, Iraq War, Football, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, President Obama, National Service, National Service Act, Malcolm X, John Wayne, Robert F. Kennedy, Politics News
Gabe Gonzalez

Were we stand right now is with a President that has laid out a bold vision. But that cannot become real if we, those that chose him, are silent.

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Fame and Frame: A Collection of Stories and Photos of my Career

Pat York | Posted 03.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Andy Warhol, Photography, Timothy Leary, Photographers, Pat York, Photography Book, Books, Tennessee Williams, Leonard Bernstein, Fame and Frame, Glamour Magazine, Jack Nicholson, Celebrities, Robert F. Kennedy, Entertainment News
Pat York

This book is a partial visual diary of my life since becoming a photographer in the middle 60's. (The 90's is the only decade not represented. Principally, during that era, I concentrated on working with nudes and anatomy).

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Review: "Fuel" Release Party (Photos)

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 06.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Fuel, Biofuels, Future of Fuel, Ed Begley Jr., Naomi Klein, Future Fuel, Biodiesel, Robert F. Kennedy, Green News
John Wellington Ennis

Celebrating its national theatrical release, the Sundance award-winning film Fuel held its party and screening at the most appropriate place for its topic: a gas station.

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