John Kennedy | John Kennedy
Dec.04.2012
Some of my favorite moments of life is when people who do fuck up shit end up quoting quotes to cover for the fucked up shit they do.
Especially when it comes to the idea of Forgiveness.
We all have that friend who is so much in a constant state of saying "I'm sorry" for something it becomes...
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Dec.18.2011
There's an early scene in Clint Eastwood's bio-pic, J. Edgar, about which the whole movie - and J. Edgar Hoover's law enforcement/political persona - seems to turn. Hoover is still a young lad, sometime following World War I and the Russian Revolution that immediately followed, in which...
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Dec.01.2009
Kennedy and Vietnam
In his "History of the Peloponnesian War", Thucydides said people go to war over "honor, fear and self-interest."
"He might also have considered accident, political fog and deceit," wrote Francis G. McGuire in "How The First Helicopter War...
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Aug.27.2009
As a writer who seems hopelessly stuck in the sixties, I can’t let Ted Kennedy’s death pass without a comment – and a flashback. My first strong political memory revolves around the bitter 1960 presidential campaign between the dashing Jack Kennedy and the tricky Dick Nixon. I celebrated my...
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May.17.2008
Teddy Kennedy is in the hospital; apparently, he had some sort of seizure. At first they thought he had a stroke but now they don’t know.
I’ve always had mixed feelings for Ted Kennedy. I think if anyone knows me for a while, they know I’ve always admired the Kennedys. They always...
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