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What About Joan Kennedy: Doesn't She Deserve an Honorable Mention Too?

Sophia A. Nelson | Posted 09.29.2009 | Home

Read More: Boston, Joan Bennett Kennedy, Senator Edward Kennedy, Vicky Kennedy, Ethel Kennedy, Jackie Onassis, Jfk, Rfk, Home News
Sophia A. Nelson

As I sat and watched the media coverage of the life of Senator Edward Kennedy, something struck me as unfair: What about the former Mrs. Kennedy -- Joan Bennett Kennedy?

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A Hold on Hope

Carolynn Carreño | Posted 09.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Twitter, Lesley Balla, Ted Kennedy, Ted Kennedy Chappaquiddick, Chappaquiddick, Jfk, Ted Kennedy Dies, Living News
Carolynn Carreño

I was chatting with the very cool Lesley Balla about Twitter, when she logged on to Twitter to alert her followers of what she was eating and where, and we learned that Ted Kennedy had died.

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The True Legacy: The Kennedy Call to Service

Tom Matlack | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jfk, Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Ted Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Service, Kennedy Service, Kennedy Serve America Act, Freedom Democratic Party, Politics News
Tom Matlack

Forty eight years after his brother challenged America to ask what we, as citizens, could do for our country, it was left to Teddy to attend the swearing-in of the first African-American President.

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Ted Kennedy's Life is a Parable

Karen Ocamb | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rfk, Edward Kennedy, Jfk, Ronald Reagan, David Mixner, Ted Kennedy, Lgbt, Gay Rights, Civil Rights, Politics News
Karen Ocamb

The real colorful dream of this country is not about a mythical Camelot but a real land of second-chances, a land of reinvention and fresh opportunity.

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A Former Counsel to Kennedy, on Kennedy

Roger Wolfson | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Senate, Jfk, Rfk, Death, Kennedy, Politics News
Roger Wolfson

When I left Kennedy's service, I had a theory of why he kept those photographs of his family so prominently displayed in his office. So many people came and went in his life, and Ted was the constant.

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The Gift of Ted Kennedy

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ted Kennedy Dead, Norwich-Connecticut, Connecticut, Health Care Reform, Roger Hilsman, President Kennedy, Jfk, President Carter, Health Care, Ted Kennedy, Senate, Robert Kennedy, Politics News
Hoyt Hilsman

He was a terrific campaigner, as I witnessed first hand in several campaigns, including my own father's campaign for Congress in Connecticut in 1972, when Ted made a special point of speaking on my father's behalf to an enthusiastic audience of shipworkers in Norwich.

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How We Can Pay Teddy Back

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Carter, Teddy Kennedy, Joe the Nerd, Healthacare, Jfk, Rfk, Politics News
Joe The Nerd Ferraro

True health care would be the lasting and greatest legacy for all. A final gift from a generation of Kennedys that gave us the moon and so much more.

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

Mike Elk | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ted Kennedy Brain Tumor, Public Option, Unions, Jfk, Bobby Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Politics News
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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Klaatu Barada Nikto: Obama is an Alien

Caryl Rivers | Posted 09.11.2009 | Home

Read More: Klaatu, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Alan Simpson, Barack Obama, Jfk, Obama Racism, Home News
Caryl Rivers

The revelations of Barack's true identity as an alien could backfire against the anti-Obama forces. People just might like the idea of a superior, super-intelligent being running the country.

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Liz Cheney: Birther of Crazier Conspiracies

Warren Holstein | Posted 08.24.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Jews, Conspiracy Theories, Gop, Nasa, JFK Assasination Conspiracies, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Illuminati, Politics, Larry King, New Mexico, Kenya, Liz Cheney, Africa, Moon, Barack Hussein Obama, Moon Walk, Lee Harvey Oswald, Birthers, Buzz Aldrin, Apollo, Bill Clinton, Moon Landing, California, Birther-Movement, Rush Limbaugh, Moonwalk, Barack Obama, Obama Jews, Cnn, Obama Conspiracy, Obama Birth Certificate, Nobama, Roswell-New Mexico, Ufos, Jfk, Republicans, Msnbc, Fox News, Media, Comedy News
Warren Holstein

Dick's progeny didn't fall far from the gnarled, twisted tree. Liz Cheney has unfurled her writhing power-hungry roots, burrowing deep beneath the dirt filled with assorted creepy crawlies to feed her political prospects.

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JFK and the Unspeakable

Oliver Stone | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Kennedy Assassination, Celebrities Talk Politics, Jfk and the Unspeakable, Oliver Stone, Jfk, Politics News
Oliver Stone

An extraordinary new book offers the best account I have read of the JFK tragedy and its significance.

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Turtles Invade JFK Airport Tarmac

AP | Posted 08.09.2009 | New York

Read More: Turtles, Jfk Turtles, New York, Jfk Airport Turtles, New York Airport, New York Jfk Airport, JFK Airport, Jfk, New York Turtles, New York News

NEW YORK (AP) -- A runway at John F. Kennedy International Airport was shut down briefly Wednesday morning after at least 78 turtles emerged from a ne...

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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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Iran: "The Whole World is Watching"

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

Read More: 60s, Iran, Gay Rights, Mlk, Womens' Rightts, Rfk, Obama, Neda, Jfk, Kent State, Viet Nam, Civil Rights, Stonewall, World News
Joan E. Dowlin

Seeing all the blogs on the Huffington Post made me realize that Americans of all political persuasions care deeply about this issue of oppression in Iran.

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Twittering Through American History

Ben Fractenberg | Posted 07.10.2009 | Comedy

Read More: George Soros, The Alamo, Titanic, George W. Bush, Twitter, Facebook, OJ Simpson, Cold War, Lsd, Tweet, Barack Obama, Andy Warhol, Disco, George Washington, Martin Luther King, Richard Nixon, Joseph McCarthy, American History, General Custer, Abraham Lincoln, Truman Capote, Neil Simon, Jfk, Fatty Arbuckle, Prohabition, Comedy News
Ben Fractenberg

"The British are coming! OMG! Wake up the militia! Sound the church bells! Update your Facebook status!"

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Your Moment Has Come: DC Rally June 13 to Support Obama's Peace Corps Vision

Laurence Leamer | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Peace Corps, Washington, Demonstration, Rally, Obama, Jfk, Development, Protest Movement, Harris Wofford, D.C., Politics News
Laurence Leamer

You will be there because you listened to Obama's promise during the campaign to double the size of the Peace Corps, to send Americans out in new lands with outreached hands and open hearts.

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Copyright Needs Limits, As It Restricts Innovation

Gary Shapiro | Posted 06.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Supreme Court, Movie Industry, Consumer-Electronics-Association, Copyright, Riaa, Content Creation, Innovation, Creative Commons, Dvr, Apple, Dell, Qualcomm, Jfk, Cea, Ebay, Sony Betamax, Amazon, Vcr, Fair Use, Google, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Gary Shapiro, mp3s, Congress, Hollywood, Facebook, Tivo, Mark Helprin, Cisco, Piracy, Music Industry, Texas Instruments, Zillow, Hp, Patents, Business News
Gary Shapiro

Defenders of expanded copyright restrictions imply that content owners have been on a losing streak and have few tools at their disposal. Wrong.

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Star Trek's New Coming-of-Age Saga for Generation O

William Bradley | Posted 06.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Star Wars, 1960s, Space Program, Star Trek Movie, William Shatner, Bruce Greenwood, Zoe Saldana, J.J. Abrams, Terminator, Karl Urban, Leonard McCoy, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Peace Corps, Lost, X-Men, Star Trek, Jerry Goldsmith, Uhura, Anton Yelchin, Alias, Leonard Nimoy, Fringe, Roberto Orci, Christopher Pike, Top Gun, John McCain, Kennedy, Colin Powell, Rush Limbaugh, Heroes, Special Forces, Apple Store, Chekov, John Wayne, John Ford, Barack Obama, Alex Kurtzman, John Cho, Jeffrey Hunter, Thirteen Days, Zachary Quinto, Sulu, George Lucas, Michael Giacchino, Samuel Peeples, Starfleet, Spock, Chris Pines, Steve Schmidt, Steve McQueen, Doctor Who, Jfk, James T. Kirk, Gene Roddenberry, Entertainment News
William Bradley

Star Trek's message, focusing on a future of diversity, teamwork, and technology, appropriately used -- is especially attuned to the Obama era.

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Jack Kemp, Dick Cheney and "The Good Republican"

David Wild | Posted 06.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: 9/11, Jack Kemp, Jfk, Ronald Reagan, Fdr, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Politics News
David Wild

Jack Kemp was always considered another "Good Republican" in my house -- and of course it didn't hurt his standing with me that he had been a pretty fine quarterback first.

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Eerie Similarities Between President Obama and Bush's First 100 Days

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Voter Approval, First 100 Days, Bush, President Obama, Fdr, Democrats, Jfk, Presidency, Fidel Castro, Republicans, George Bush 100 Days, 100 Days, Obama 100 Days, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Obama's first days will be compared to FDR's first 100 days. And to a lesser extent JFK's first 100 days. But the better comparison is with his predecessor George W. Bush.

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Advice to Obama at G-20 Summit: A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats

Gary Shapiro | Posted 05.01.2009 | Business

Read More: John F. Kennedy, President Obama, G20 Summit, Trade and Poverty, Gary Shapiro, Health Care Kiosk, Colombia, Obama, Barack Obama, Obama and Op-Ed, Trade at Hand, Emerging Markets, Progressive, Peru, South Korea, g20, Free Trade, Protectionism, President Kennedy, A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats, Cea, Jfk, Telemedicine, Free Trade Agreements, Consumer Electronics Association, Poverty, G-20, Business News
Gary Shapiro

I don't know precisely when progressives in this country gave up on free trade. Because when they did, without perhaps even realizing it, they turned their backs on the developing world.

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Baghdad Redux?

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lbj, Afghanistan, Escalation, Vietnam War, Vietnam, Jfk, Korea, Barack Obama, Politics News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

Will the role of the U.S. in this millennium, be that of an empire that profits by promoting global instability? Or will the empire strike back?

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Let's Hear it for the Girls

Candy Spelling | Posted 03.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Gender Gap, Annual Salary, USA Today, Salary, Equal Pay, Workplace Issues, Jfk, Job Market, Business News
Candy Spelling

For the first time ever in our country's history -- due in part to recent massive layoffs and cutbacks -- women will soon outnumber men in the full-time U.S. workforce. Equal numbers and equal pay?

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Michelle Obama and the Covert Influence of First Ladies

Carl Sferrazza Anthony | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, First Ladies, Congress, Michelle Obama First Lady, Philippines, Spanish-American War, Mary Lincoln, East Wing, Kennedys, Curtis LeMay, Obama Advisers, New York State Governor, First Lady, Former Presidents, Chicago, Abraham Lincoln, Rosalynn Carter Inauguration, Fdr, Financial Planning, Florence Harding, Benjamin Montgomery, Great Depression, Michelle Obama South Side, Michelle Obama, Calvin Coolidge, University of Chicago, Rosalyn Carter, Eleanor Roosevelt, Ida Mckinley, U.S. Presidents, Barack Obama, Presidents, Barack Obama and David Axelrod, The West Wing, Clinton First Lady, David Axelrod, South Side of Chicago, Robert Lansing, Jimmy Carter, Edith Wilson, Jackie Kennedy, Roosevelt, Jfk, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Tough Decisions, Politics News
Carl Sferrazza Anthony

As memories of Inauguration Day 2009 begin to fade in and the new administration ensues, speculation will only increase about how politically influential Michelle Obama will be as First Lady.

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Barack Obama and the American Dream

Lauri Lyons | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Suburbs, Europe, Sweden, Natural Disasters, Civil Rights Act, Presidential Election 2008, President Lyndon Johnson, America, First Black President, Black History Month, New Black Panther Party, Change, Change in America, White Flight, Malcolm X, Racism, Jfk, Nigeria, Nation of Islam, Fela Kuti, R&b, Terrorism, Washington D.C., Ethnic Minorities, Black President T-Shirt, Time Magazine, American Dream, Barack Obama, Lauri Lyons, Election, Militancy, Lyndon B. Johnson, The Beatles, Democratic Nomination, Kenya, Million Man March, Minorities, President Obama, Iowa Caucus, Economic Depression, Affirmative Action, Reparations, Busing, Inauguration, Slavery, Justice, African Americans, "I Have a Dream" Speech, Yes We Can, Equality, Zimbabwe, Africa, Black President, War, Black Panther Party, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Democracy, United States, Dwayne Rodgers, France, Jim Crow, Corporate America, Segregation, Civil Rights Movement, Higher Education, Shepard Fairey, President George W. Bush, Robert Kennedy, Post-Racial, Selma Alabama, Michelle Obama, Obama Family, The Movement, Lauren Erickson, March on Washington, Flag International, Video, Politics News
Lauri Lyons

The past four decades have been a mixture of social growing pains and progress. Even with that said, most people never believed that a Black man would become the President.

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