“Kennedy Era” Not an Era and Not Over

Tweet Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000177 EndHTML:0000015942 StartFragment:0000002369 EndFragment:0000015906 SourceURL:file://localhost/Users/peggyclifford/Documents/Kennedy%20Era In the 50 years since John Kennedy was elected President, America has changed more, and more emphatically,  than in any period since the Civil War. In a sense, we are in the midst of  a second civil war in which the Kennedys and their allies, heirs and successors are determined to  fulfill the founding... Read More

Health Care Reform Vigils Today

Tweet Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000105 EndHTML:0000004148 StartFragment:0000002293 EndFragment:0000004112 By yesterday afternoon, over 2,300 people had signed up to attend the     Public Option Now rally this evening  at 7p.m. at California Senator Dianne  Feinstein’s Los Angeles office at 11111 Santa Monica Boulevard in West L.A. Organizers believe it will be the largest   vigil  in the nation. The primary goals of the vigil are  to win Feinstein’s support for the... Read More

Teddy Kennedy’s Dream Lives On

Tweet Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000105 EndHTML:0000009346 StartFragment:0000002519 EndFragment:0000009310 At the funeral mass for Teddy Kennedy on Saturday, August 29, in Boston, a number of the late  Senator’s grandchildren, nieces and nephews read passages from his writings and speeches that amounted to his prayer for America. The text follows, Kiki  (Teddy Jr’s wife): Teddy served for 47 years, and he summoned us all to service. And so these intercessions, for the... Read More