Ted Kennedy

Gay Marriage: The Victory After the Defeat

Spinning off of Jacob Sullum's column today on gay marriage and gay rights, a couple of recent analyses of the meaning of gay marriage's electoral defeats last month point out, accurately I think, that gay marriage is seeing...

History teaches us gun lesson

Charlene Fernandez, chairwoman of the Yuma County Democrat Party, stated in a front page article ("Gun Sales On Rise," Nov. 18) that she doesn't understand why people have always associated the Democratic Party with the loss of...

Health Care Question For Puff Daschle, Ted Kennedy

Tom Daschle is expected to be confirmed as Obama’s HHS Secretary, where he’s expected to carry the ball on Obama’s health care plan. Columnist David Broder has weighed in on the issue: When Barack Obama’s transition team let...

John Kerry cranky over Barack Obama's Hillary Clinton pick

By Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa Tuesday, December 2, 2008 - Updated 1m ago Word from Capitol Hill is that, despite his kind words for Hillary Clinton yesterday, Sen. John Kerry is angry and disappointed about not being considered...

Triathlon: Thompson claims 2008 CEO Ironman Arizona Challenge

CEO Challenges completes busiest season ever TEMPE, Ariz.—December 2, 2008—Christoper Thompson of Austin, Texas, took first place at the AIG CEO Challenge at the 2008 Ford Ironman Arizona in Tempe on Nov. 23, hosted by CEO...

Harvard gives Kennedy honorary doctorate

Published: Dec. 1, 2008 at 8:04 PM BOSTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., said the honorary doctorate of laws he received from Harvard University Monday was a special honor. Kennedy was presented the degree...

Obama`s Risky `Team of Rivals`

Barack Obama reportedly seeks to emulate Abraham Lincoln in appointing ``a team of rivals`` to key positions, but the same strategy caused John F. Kennedy major trouble. by Lisa Pease (Consortium News) It’s good to see...

I am Outraged at President Bush’s Recent Pardons

Cross posted on Grizzly Groundswell Last week President Bush pardoned 14 people and commuted the sentences of two others. The offenses of the people who were pardoned ranged from eagle killers to drug dealers to embezzlers....

I am Outraged at President Bush’s Recent Pardons

Last week President Bush pardoned 14 people and commuted the sentences of two others. The offenses of the people who were pardoned ranged from eagle killers to drug dealers to embezzlers. After seeing the list of the people...

Connecticut town addresses contamination concerns

Two years ago uranium was found in the water supply for the Legend Hill condo complex in Madison, Connecticut. People who live there were notified and many switched to bottled water for drinking and cooking. Last month tests of...

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