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Rockefeller's Revenge

D. R. Tucker | Posted 04.17.2012 | Politics
Read More: US Supreme Court, Mccain-Feingold, Rush Limbaugh, Rachel Maddow, Nelson Rockefeller, Moderate Republicans, Citizens United, Edward Brooke, Thomas Friedman, Karl Rove, Koch Brothers, Politics News
D. R. Tucker

Surely, there are some moderate moneymen who miss the days of Nelson Rockefeller and Edward Brooke, who recall a time when the GOP cherished common sense and revered rationality.

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Why Black Firsts Matter

Michele Elam | Posted 01.09.2012 | Black Voices
Read More: Civil Rights Movement, Senate, Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Black Firsts, Senator Edward Brooke, Black Politicians, Edward Brooke, Black Voices News
Michele Elam

Wikipedia may keep a running tab on "African American firsts" but apart from maintaining a historical record, why should they really matter at all in this so-called post-Civil Rights, post-race era?

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Mitt, Waldo, Tip, Ted and the Real Revolution

Martin Nolan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Scott Brown, Levertt Saltonstall, James Michael Curley, Henry Cabot Lodge, Mitt Romney, Martha Coakley, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Brian C. Mooney, Ted Kennedy, Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Kerry, Paul Tsongas, Daniel Webster, John Quincy Adams, Edward Brooke, Tip O'Neill, Politics News
Martin Nolan

As Brown goes to Washington, he is aware of the history in "The People's Seat." He would be wise to consult Emerson's 1841 quote, "There is properly no history, only biography."

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Dum Dum Bullets Swaddled in Angora

Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: The Today Show, 20-20, Star Jones, Nbc, The View, The Barbara Walters Special, Barbara Walters' Memoir, Audition: A Memoir, Infotainment, Barbara Walters, Autobiography, Roy Cohn, Memoir, ABC News, Alan Greenspan, Lew Walters, Edward Brooke, Latin Quarter Nightclub, 60 Minutes, Media News
Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler

The accomplished Barbara Walters is not that different from the beleaguered little girl: a victim and a beneficiary of the glitz and glamour of showbiz.

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Barbara Walters And Oprah Congratulate Themselves: We Were Other Women But We Were NOT Mistresses!

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Barbara Walters Affair, Oprah Winfrey, Video, Barbara Walters Edward Brooke, Barbara Walters, Barbara Walters on Oprah, Senator Edward Brooke, Edward Brooke, Barbara Walters Edward Brooke Affair, Media News

Oprah's highly-touted interview with Barbara Walters ran today, and it was every bit as juicy, if not necessarily newsy, as expected (many of the thin...

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Barbara Walters Opens Up On Her Disabled Sister, Rosie, And Why She's Different Than Katie Couric

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Barbara Walters Affair, Barbara Walters Rosie O'Donnell, Barbara Walters Edward Brooke, Rosie O'Donnell, Barbara Walters, Katie Couric, Barbara Walters Katie Couric, Senator Edward Brooke, Barbara Walters Edward Brooke Affair, Edward Brooke, Barbara Walters Sister, Media News

Barbara Walters, who last week announced that she had an affair with Senator Edward Brooke in the 1970s (the announcement will air on Oprah tomorrow) ...

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