Tag Archives: kennedy

A Fair Warning

May 22, 2008 – 01:28 pm

From a NY Times’ Op-Ed, Kennedy Talked, Khrushchev Triumphed: “Senator Obama defended his position [to negotiate with U.S. enemies] by…enlisting Kennedy’s legacy: “If George Bush and John McCain have a problem with direct diplomacy led by the president of the United States, then they can explain why they have a problem with John F. Kennedy, [...]

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A Speech Worthy of a Kennedy

January 29, 2008 – 01:03 pm

We’ve all read that Senator Kennedy, the lion of the Senate, is endorsing Barack Obama as the Democratic candidate for President.
But there’s something fun about watching a 76-year-old man get a crowd of college students fired up.
Check it out.

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The Kennedy Mystique

January 29, 2008 – 12:01 pm

From David Brooks’ The Kennedy Mystique: “Something fundamental has shifted in the Democratic Party….The grandparents and children united against the parents…The respect for institutions that was prevalent during the early ’60s is prevalent with the young again today. The earnest industriousness that was common then is back today. The awareness that we are not self-made [...]

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Libra, by Don Dellilo

July 11, 2006 – 11:11 am

In this near-perfect novel, Delillo gives a fictionalized account of the assasination of President Kennedy. The story is told mostly from Oswald’s perspective, but Delillo also shows us how things might have looked from a myriad of perspectives, including the CIA operatives involved in the conspiracy, the anti-Castro supporters who motivated the killing, Jack Ruby, [...]

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Democrats: Sí se puede

April 11, 2006 – 12:16 pm

Senator Ted Kennedy: “It is time for Americans to lift their voices now, in pride for our immigrant past and in pride for our immigrant future.”

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