Bobby Kennedy

RFK's Assassination, The Reagans Dancing, The Clintons Kissing: The Photographs Of Harry Benson (PHOTOS)

Harry Benson | Posted 12.10.2009 | Books

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Harry Benson

I followed Bobby out through the kitchen. I heard the scream and it told me everything I needed to know. I knew this was it. We had walked out of happiness into hell.

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Who's the CML Champ, Cheney or Gonzales?

Norm Stamper | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

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Norm Stamper

Nobody listens to Alberto Gonzales in large part because, putting it charitably, he was not merely an unprincipled attorney general but an uninspired one. Of course, we also tune him out because we can't be sure he's telling the truth.

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Weeping for the Kennedys

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

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Reese Schonfeld

The Kennedys knew how to strive for noble causes, step by step. They would make deals, but only to benefit the best causes.

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Even Camelot Needed Health Care

Michael Winship | Posted 09.28.2009 | Home

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Michael Winship

Despite their grossest and most callow foibles and failings, among the three younger Kennedy brothers there was a deep, moral -- and literal -- concern for the nation's health.

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Kennedy: The Lion at Rest

Rick Horowitz | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

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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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The Real Appeal of Ted Kennedy and the Camelot Clan

Andy Ostroy | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

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Andy Ostroy

The Kennedys were and are a living, breathing soap opera. But America loves a good soap opera.

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On the Death of My Older Brother, Jeremy, and Ted Kennedy

Mike Elk | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

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Mike Elk

Let's fight like hell for the public health insurance plan that Senator Kennedy so dearly fought for in the closing days of his life.

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Change the World? Give a Kid a Book

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 09.13.2009 | Living

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Kenneth C. Davis

She was the town's meter maid -- a plus-sized meter maid, and not "the most comely of maidens." One day after choir, she handed me a book, saying simply: "I think you will like this."

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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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Bobby Kennedy, Jr.: "Family Friends" Are "Endorsing Criminal Behavior" (Video)

Alex Pasternack | Posted 07.19.2009 | Green

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Alex Pasternack

Coal companies would not exist if not for the "corruption" of politicians, Bobby Kennedy, Jr. told me, singling out "family friends of ours forever," like West Virginia Democrats Jay Rockefeller and Robert Byrd.

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Live from DC - The Energy Summit

Jack Hidary | Posted 03.26.2009 | Green

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Jack Hidary

While clean energy broadly speaking is on the table, the summit is mainly focused on power transmission -- how do you get solar, wind and other renewables to the grid?

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Moynihan Endorses Caroline

Lawrence O'Donnell | Posted 01.17.2009 | Politics

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Lawrence O'Donnell

No one in New York politics knows more about the state than Liz Moynihan. And no one else can tell us what Pat Moynihan would think about who should be the next person to take his old seat in the Senate.

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Lessons from the Senators Kennedy

John R. Bohrer | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics

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John R. Bohrer

Questions about inexperience and nepotism are circulating about Caroline, which shouldn't come as a surprise: no Kennedy has ever gone for his or her first elected office without such talk.

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Exclusive Interview: Voting Experts Bobby Kennedy and Greg Palast on How to "Steal Back Your Vote!"

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 11.15.2008 | Home

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M.S. Bellows, Jr.

In an exclusive interview, the two men explain at breakneck pace what they're afraid of this year and what they hope voters will do to make sure the 2008 election is fair, open, and small-d democratic.

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McCain Got The Debate Idea All Wrong

Matt York | Posted 10.26.2008 | Home

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Matt York

McCain has looked like a panderer since the day he chose Sarah Palin as his running mate. Yesterday's efforts to make himself look holier than thou on the economy and presidential debates simply reinforced the notion.

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Hillary Rejects, Denounces Self

Andy Borowitz | Posted 06.01.2008 | Politics

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Andy Borowitz

Sen. Clinton offered an explanation for her comments about the late Sen. Kennedy, saying, "I am still suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of my service in the Bosnian army."

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