Eugene Robinson / TruthdigAug 28, 2009
That the nation is so moved by the passing of Edward Moore Kennedy testifies to his skill, grace and determination at playing a role that must have been infinitely more difficult than it sounds: a prince fated never to be king. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 28, 2009
Filling Ted Kennedy's Senate seat isn't going to be easy, above and beyond his official status as a tough act to follow, because of the highly politicized (and fairly recently reconfigured) protocol for replacing U.S. senators from Massachusetts. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Ellen Goodman / TruthdigAug 27, 2009
The obituaries say that Kennedy never achieved the dream of becoming president. But there is a difference between a family destiny and a man's dream. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Marie Cocco / TruthdigAug 27, 2009
Ten summers ago, I asked Ted Kennedy's office to provide an account of key legislation he had sponsored in what already was a long and distinguished career. I received a very humble 32-page fax. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
E.J. Dionne Jr. / TruthdigAug 26, 2009
Ted Kennedy's suffering and failures fed a humane humility that led him to reach out to others who fell, to empathize with those burdened by pain, to understand human folly, and to appreciate the quest for redemption.His suffering and failures fed a humane humility that led him to reach out to others who fell. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigAug 26, 2009
The light has gone out, and with it that infectious warm laugh and intensely progressive commitment of the best of the Kennedys Not, at this point, to take anything away from the memory of his siblings -- Bobby, whom I also got to know, was pretty terrific in his last years -- but Sen Ted Kennedy was the real deal. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 26, 2009
Having beaten his doctors' previous prognosis and living to help usher in a new American administration, Sen. Ted Kennedy succumbed to brain cancer late Tuesday night at his home in Hyannis Port, Mass., at age 77.Having beaten his doctors' previous prognosis, Sen. Ted Kennedy succumbed to brain cancer late Tuesday night. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Bill Boyarsky / TruthdigAug 29, 2008
I suppose I should be sad to watch the decline of the once mighty political media, an institution that trained and nurtured me. But that's not how I feel. For this was the institution that cheered when President Bush took us to war. This is also the institution that is getting this Democratic National Convention wrong, obsessed with a phony feud between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, wasting time interviewing that small but vengeful cult, the die-hard Hillaryites. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 11, 2008
Just when it seemed they wouldn't have enough votes to pass a key Medicare bill, Democratic senators staged a dramatic coup by secretly whisking Sen. Edward Kennedy into the Capitol on Wednesday to cast his vote and make his first congressional appearance since he was diagnosed with brain cancer in May. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 25, 2008
Not known for being a shrinking violet, Keith Olbermann left no uncertainty about what he thinks of Sen. Hillary Clinton's explanation for why she invoked the specter of Robert Kennedy's 1968 assassination when discussing her decision to keep campaigning to the end. He's not buyin' it, folks. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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