Remembering Senator Kennedy
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The veteran political leader died late last night after a battle with brain cancer. We speak with Brian Hart whose son was killed in Iraq.
Kennedy’s Legislative and Political Legacies
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We’re joined by Gail Chaddock, senior congressional coorespondent of the Christian Science Monitor and Julian Zelizer, professor of history and public affairs at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School.
Chappaquiddick and Beyond
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After the death of his brothers, everyone thought Ted Kennedy would run for the White House and he did. But he fell short and many wondered if his heart was really in it. The accident on Chappaquiddick, which killed Mary Joe Kopechne, hovered over him. Here & Now’s Monica Brady-Myerov has that part of the Kennedy story.
Kennedy’s Death Resonates in Boston
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We continue our conversation about Senator Kennedy with Julian Zelizer and Kevin Cullen of the Boston Globe.
Kennedy’s Personal Touch
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We’ll hear a portion of an interview we did with Senator Kennedy on May 31, 2006.
Music from the show
- Mike Mills, “Air”
- Sun Kil Moon, “Carry Me Ohio”
- The Sea and the Cake, “Leaf”
- Pat Metheny, “Letter from Home”
Could you please stop repeating the right wing catch phrase “outdated liberal ideals”. What is this Fox news?
Posted by Christian Alexander, on August 26th, 2009 at 12:35 pmChristian Alexander – excellent point. Sadly, for millions, our nation is not about reality anymore.
Posted by Paul Redman, on August 26th, 2009 at 2:31 pmListening to your show about the late Ted Kennedy, I was incensed when you mentioned Robert Novak and his words about Senator Kennedy.
Robert Novak was guilty of treason when he out-ed Valerie Plame and was instrumental in getting us into that illegal war in Iraq. It is bad form to honor a true American by using the words of someone who does not understand our Democracy and who worked so hard to disadvantage American citizens in their own country.
Shame on you, get your story straight and honor properly.
Mark S. Drummond
Posted by Mark S. Drummond, on August 26th, 2009 at 2:36 pmArtist, hacker, tinker, thud
Well I can understand that feelings are raw today,
but Gail Chaddock’s brief mention of Robert Novak was
to tell an anecdote of how amazed Novak was that Ted Kennedy called him, an icon of the right, to offer sympathy and medical advice when Novak was diagnosed with his ultimately fatal illness. As she said, these two were ideological opposites.
I thought it really drove home how Kennedy was non partisan when it came to compassion.
Perhaps you heard something else somewhere else?
Best, Robin
Posted by Robin Young, on August 26th, 2009 at 4:41 pm