by Bill Scher | Aug 26, 2009 | Blog
Last month, Sen. Ted Kennedy wrote in Newsweek: "quality care shouldn't depend on your financial resources, or the type of job you have, or the medical condition you face. Every American should be able to get the same treatment that U.S. senators are entitled to. This...
by Robert Borosage | Aug 26, 2009 | Blog
We have lost a giant. The Senate is a smaller place today — a special measure of joy, political passion, irrepressible energy has been lost. Edward Kennedy's words, delivered as his 1980 presidential campaign came to an end at the Democratic Convention in Madison...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 26, 2009 | Blog
It was quiet this morning, when I sat down to read the news, after seeing the rest of my family out the door. It was quiet this morning when I read about the passing of Senator Ted Kennedy. Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., died without realizing what he called "the cause...
by Bill Scher | Aug 26, 2009 | Uncategorized
Sen. Ted Kennedy, The Liberal Lion, Dies At 77 NYT obituary: "Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, a son of one of the most storied families in American politics, a man who knew triumph and tragedy in near-equal measure and who will be remembered as one of the...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 26, 2009 | Blog
This is a story we are all too familiar with: Wall Street vs. Main Street. Irresponsible behavior leads to bonuses for Wall Street while working hard and playing by the rules leads to unemployment and foreclosure for Main Street. You've heard the elements of the...
