One of the lessons a political reporter learns early in life is never to underestimate greatness. Case in point: Ted Kennedy. I’m sure that none of my colleagues covering his early emergence on the national horizon in the 1960s bet on him as a promising young star, even when the lives of his brothers were [...]
Remembering Ted Kennedy
August 30th, 2009 No Comments
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The Last Great Convention
August 27th, 2008 No Comments
Tears of nostalgia filled my eyes Monday evening, watching Caroline and Ted Kennedy open the Democratic National Convention in Denver. It reminded me of a reporting assignment I had at the so-called Kennedy Convention that was convened in Los Angeles 48 years ago. The setting was concentrated in the city’s Sports Arena that seated no [...]
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