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Senator Edward Kennedy

TV Review: The Good Wife Goes to Better Heights

Catie Lazarus | Posted 10.21.2009 | Entertainment

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Catie Lazarus

The Good Wife is closer than any Oprah or Barbara Walters special will ever be to bringing this viewer to understanding why Hilda Spitzer, Elizabeth Edwards (until recently), and Hilary Clinton stood by their men.

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Glenn Beck and The 9/12 Marchers: Subversives From Within

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

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Frank Schaeffer

Today the right wing America haters actually are doing to America what no "illegal" immigrants ever do: work to overthrow our democracy and replace it with a theocracy.

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Are You Perfect?

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living

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Dr. Susan Corso

I no longer expect myself to be perfect. Instead, I borrow the verb form of that word. I definitely expect myself to be perfecting at all times.

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Operation BabyLift: Ted Kennedy and the Orphans of Vietnam

Dana Sachs | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

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Dana Sachs

Many people have recollected their interactions with Sen. Kennedy. I also met him -- in the pages of a 34-year-old transcript I discovered, researching a book about the Vietnam War.

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On Losing a Human Rights Icon and a Beloved Uncle

Kerry Kennedy | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

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Kerry Kennedy

For 30 years, Ted Kennedy was the human rights movement's strongest ally and its soul on Capitol Hill. He was my "go to" guy, and it wasn't just about being family.

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Obama Is Right, His Critics (Right and Left) Are Wrong

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

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Frank Schaeffer

To the right the truly insane, the armed, the deluded and the outright liars dwell. To the left the impatient and jaded dwell. So what is the last reasonable American -- President Obama -- to do?

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So Long, It's Been Good to Know You, Senator

Jamie Stiehm | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

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Jamie Stiehm

Troubles in paradise, to be sure, yet Kennedy overcame tragedies and addressed flaws that would have broken or bent most of us.

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Ted Kennedy: Master Sailor and Senator

Terry Gardner | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

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Terry Gardner

There may not be any single senator ready to take up Ted Kennedy's mantle. So why not pick it up together as a legislative body?

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

Sophia A. Nelson | Posted 09.29.2009 | Home

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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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The Teddy Imperative: It is Not Just about Health Care

Bennet Kelley | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

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Bennet Kelley

The Senate's Last Lion roars no more, but "the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never 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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Joseph A. Palermo

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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Ted Kennedy: Remembrances from an 'Old Hand'

Jeff Blattner | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

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Jeff Blattner

Strange as it seems, the best description of Senator Kennedy may have been offered by another Teddy -- Roosevelt -- more than two decades before Kennedy's birth.

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An Unrivaled Ally in the Fight Against AIDS

Kevin Robert Frost | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

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Kevin Robert Frost

What was clear to me in my meeting with Ted Kennedy was how much he genuinely cared about fighting -- and winning -- our battle against the AIDS epidemic.

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The Passing of Ted Kennedy: HuffPost Bloggers React

Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

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Read, remember and comment on the passing of a great American with the Huffington Post community.

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Ted Kennedy, Public Service and Our Collective Charge

Lauren Melcher | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

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Lauren Melcher

Today, as we remember the youngest Kennedy brother's life and achievements, I'm renewing my pledge to support the Serve America Act.

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The Day Teddy Kennedy Held the Elevator for Me

Erin Green | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

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Erin Green

Typically, you could tell that Kennedy was coming down the hall because he was grumbling at someone or talking to his large dog, a Portuguese Water Dog named Splash.

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What Senator Ted Kennedy's Brain Tumor Means For The Rest Of Us

health.com | Posted 09.26.2009 | Living

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Glioma is a catchall term that includes many different types of tumor, including astrocytomas, oligodendrogliomas, and ependymomas, according to the A...

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Ted Kennedy, My Friend and Colleague

Sen. Robert Byrd | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Robert Byrd

As a tribute to his commitment to his ideals, let us stop the shouting and name-calling and have a civilized debate on health care reform which I hope, when legislation has been signed into law, will bear his name for his commitment to insuring the health of every American.

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The Cause Endures

Nora McAlvanah | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

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Nora McAlvanah

Sen. Ted Kennedy's (D-MA) political life was marked by perseverance in the face of tragedy and the quintessential Irish qualities of grit, determination and tenacity.

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How Ted Kennedy Countered Town Hall Goon Squads

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics

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Joseph A. Palermo

There's a simple solution to these Republican astro-turf goon squads that are currently disrupting Democratic town hall meetings on health care. Do what Kennedy did.

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Senate Dems Take "Historic" Step Towards Health Care Reform

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Hoping to make history, the Senate set off on its major overhaul of the nation's health care system Wednesday, but its first steps ...

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Kennedy To 'Work From Home' In Florida For Time Being

AP | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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BOSTON — Sen. Edward Kennedy will not immediately return to Washington after suffering a seizure shortly after the inauguration of President Bar...

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Healthcare Reform Won't Happen This Year: Top Democrat Clyburn

The Hill | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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A prominent House Democrat said he doesn't expect a comprehensive healthcare reform bill to pass Congress in 2009, saying an incremental approach to c...

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Wikipedia Mistakenly Reports Kennedy, Byrd Dead

Washington Post | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

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As if suffering a seizure during President Obama's post-inaugural luncheon wasn't bad enough, Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) endured an additional orde...

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Ted Kennedy Pockets $8 Million Advance For Memoirs

AP | Hillel Italie | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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The memoirs of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the youngest and last surviving brother of the country's most famous political siblings and for decades an emin...

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