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Will Main Street ever trust Washington again?

Don McNay | Posted 05.20.2013 | Business
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Don McNay

"You know you cannot trust them They know they can't trust you." -Steve Goodman (Jimmy Buffett) "Now Watergate does not bother me Does your conscien...

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In Politics It's the Charm, Stupid

Tom Alderman | Posted 03.26.2013 | Books
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Tom Alderman

We've had several presidents whose personalities were a primary sell. Think both Roosevelts, Eisenhower, Kennedy and -- Democrats, hold your breath -- Ronald Reagan. If you listen to or read, Rawhide Down: The Near Assassination of Ronald Reagan by Del Quentin Wilber, you'll begin to get it.

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Presidential Monster Actions Figures Are Real

Posted 02.01.2013 | Comedy
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Unless the makers have run out of stock, as these have been passed around the Internet today, presidential monster action figures are available to buy...

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JFK's Nephew: Fidel Castro Was 'An Amazing Guy'

The Huffington Post | Lindsay Wilkes-Edrington | Posted 01.03.2013 | HuffPost Live 321
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Christopher Kennedy Lawford, the nephew of the late former President John F. Kennedy, on Thursday described an encounter he had with Cuban dictator Fi...

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The Saddest and Most Expensive Home Movie Ever Made: On Zapruder's JFK Assassination Film

Alex Pasternack | Posted 01.24.2013 | Media
Read More: 1960s, Zapruder, Television, Kennedy, Secret Service, Conspiracy, Assassination, Film, Jfk, President, Motherboard, Video, Media News
Alex Pasternack

In many ways, the video prefigured all sorts of American pastimes, from widespread paranoia about government to a loss of faith in photographic truth and the news media, from the acceptance of graphic violence to newer concerns about copyright.

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The Cuban Missile Crisis: What We Must Never Lose Sight Of 50 Years Later

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 12.30.2012 | Fifty
Read More: Nuclear War, Vietnam, Cuban Missile Crisis, Disarmament, Kennedy, Roger Hilsman, Soviet Union, Iraq, Adlai Stevenson, Cuba, U-2, Peace, post50s, Fifty News
Hoyt Hilsman

Fifty years ago this week, much changed for me, my family and the rest of America. As a nation and a world, we had stared down the barrel of nuclear destruction. However, it seems clear that 50 years after the Cuban Missile Crisis we are not much closer to banishing the threat of nuclear war.

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Kennedy Family's Cousin Convicted Of Killing Neighbor With Golf Club Could Be Freed

AP | JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN | Posted 12.24.2012 | Crime
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SUFFIELD, Conn. — Imprisoned Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel lost a bid for freedom on Wednesday, turned down at his first parole hearing since he...

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Amanda Terkel

Biden To Ryan: 'Oh, Now You're Jack Kennedy'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 10.12.2012 | Politics
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Perhaps the most famous vice presidential debate moment in history is from 1988, when Democrat Lloyd Bentsen mocked the young Republican Dan Quayle fo...

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Kennedy Cousin Who Killed Neighbor Could Be Released

AP | JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN | Posted 09.25.2012 | Crime
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- A hearing will be held next month on whether Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel, who was convicted of killing a neighbor in 1975, shoul...

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Echos of Leadership

Jeffrey Abelson | Posted 11.16.2012 | Politics
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Jeffrey Abelson

Aside from the undeniable merit of his views, consider the actual language used. Serious. Intelligent. Thought-provoking. Wouldn't it be something if a sizable number of our politicians would actually talk like that today? Imagine how different the national debate might be.

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Kennedy Wins

AP | BOB SALSBERG | Posted 11.06.2012 | Politics
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BOSTON — Joseph Kennedy III, the first of his famous political family's generation to seek elective office, defeated two little-known Democrats ...

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Luke Johnson

Caroline Kennedy Delivers Speech At 2012 Democratic Convention

HuffingtonPost.com | Luke Johnson | Posted 09.06.2012 | Politics
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Caroline Kennedy, the only living heir to former President John F. Kennedy, endorsed President Barack Obama's re-election Thursday at the Democratic N...

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Taylor Swift Gets Real (Estate) For Conor Kennedy

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 08.13.2012 | Celebrity
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Taylor Swift has bought a Cape Cod house across the street from Ethel Kennedy, possibly to be near new love Conor Kennedy, People magazine confirmed o...

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Final Doubts: Did Mary Kennedy Try To Stop Her Own Suicide?

Posted 07.11.2012 | Politics
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No one will ever know if Mary Kennedy had second thoughts about committing suicide but graphic details from a newly released autopsy report suggest sh...

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Quote/Unquote

John O'Toole | Posted 06.25.2012 | Home
Read More: Dorothy Parker, Ira Gershwin, Kennedy, Watergate, Jfk, Roosevelt, Fdr, Famous Quotes, Presidents Quotes, Home News
John O'Toole

My favorite quote remains Deep Throat's "follow the money" because it not only explains Watergate. It explains everything. Except possibly love and sex, and they really shouldn't be explained. Or studied. Or worse yet, turned into a how-to book or a documentary.

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Brown's Kennedy Claim Undermined By Evidence

The Boston Globe | Noah Bierman | Posted 02.28.2012 | Politics
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The late Senator Edward M. Kennedy sponsored bills in the 1990s and 2000s that would have required all employers who offer prescription drug coverage ...

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Kennedy Launches Campaign

AP | BOB SALSBERG | Posted 04.17.2012 | Politics
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NEWTON, Mass. — The family name may help generate a steady flow of campaign cash and assure key endorsements for Joseph Kennedy III's bid for th...

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Kennedy Making Big Political Announcement

AP | STEVE LeBLANC | Posted 04.16.2012 | Politics
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BOSTON — Joseph Kennedy III said Wednesday he's formally jumping into the race for the congressional seat now held by retiring U.S. Rep. Barney ...

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Kennedy Makes Play Toward Potential Congressional Bid

AP | Posted 04.10.2012 | Politics
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BROOKLINE, Mass. — Joseph Kennedy III has moved to a different Boston suburb ahead of an expected congressional bid to replace retiring U.S. Rep...

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Iran: Only Half the Story

Barry Lando | Posted 04.03.2012 | World
Read More: Iran, Dwight Eisenhower, Shimon Peres, Kennedy, Nuclear Weapons, Jimmy Carter, Israel, Iraq, Syria, World News
Barry Lando

Yesterday upon the stair I met a man who wasn't there He wasn't there again today Oh, how I wish he'd go away William Hughe...

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Kennedys Make Big Donation

AP | Posted 03.31.2012 | Politics
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BOSTON — The main house on the Kennedys' oceanfront compound, the scene of many of the famed political family's gatherings in times of joy and s...

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Meet The Kennedy Who Could Swipe Barney Frank's Seat

The Huffington Post | Timothy Stenovec | Posted 01.06.2012 | Politics
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Joseph P. Kennedy III, the grandson of Robert F. Kennedy and the son of former Representative Joseph P. Kennedy II, announced Thursday that he will fo...

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My Hour With Tom Wicker

Don McNay | Posted 01.25.2012 | Media
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Don McNay

I was sent by Al Gore's 1988 presidential campaign to coordinate an event in Ohio towards the end of Gore's candidacy. After it ended, I gave T...

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A Perfect Jackie Kennedy Calls Martin Luther King a Phony

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 11.14.2011 | Home
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Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

The irony of Jackie Kennedy, whose husband won few awards for marital fidelity, calling Martin Luther King, Jr. a phony because of FBI wiretaps showing that the preacher cavorted with other women, is rich.

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A Wisconsin Centennial Worth Celebrating

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.11.2011 | Politics
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Chris Weigant

Since the news yesterday was a bit depressing for progressives, I thought it was time to mark an important upcoming centennial: on the first of September in 1911, the first constitutional workers' compensation law took full effect in Wisconsin.

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