Robert F. Kennedy

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RFK's Accidental Party-Crasher

John R. Bohrer | Posted 11.30.2009 | New York

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On Feb. 22, 1965, Blanche Griswold rushed across the tarmac at the Saranac Lake airport. It struck her as odd how small the plane was. That's when she saw Robert Kennedy, the state's new senator.

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The Time The President Didn't Intervene

John R. Bohrer | Posted 11.24.2009 | New York

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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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

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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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