Ted Kennedy

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Senate shuffle

Massachusetts hasn’t had a Senate-seat vacancy in nearly 25 years. Now we may have two. Let the speculation begin.
Don’t count Ted Kennedy out just yet, but the prognosis immediately set minds thinking about the inevitable departure of Kennedy from the US Senate, where he has served since 1962.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | August 27, 2008

A force

Never in his long career has Ted Kennedy been more vital or central to political life
Ted Kennedy has beaten the odds before.
By EDITORIAL | August 27, 2008

School for scandal

An Emerson College dean becomes the first Boston casualty of the national student-loan fiasco
Lending institutions have been buying the favor of sticky-fingered college administrators for some time now.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | August 27, 2008

The real anti-Hillary stands up

John Edwards stakes his claim
According to John Edwards, America has too many politicians (focus-grouped, poll-obsessed, expedient) and not enough leaders (principled, candid, sincere).
By ADAM REILLY | August 27, 2008

Where is the hate?

The slow death of Kennedy loathing
Once upon a time, no one whipped up conservative rage like Ted Kennedy.
By ADAM REILLY | August 27, 2008

Still crooning

How Chet Curtis became the Larry King of New England Cable
It’s the morning of Ted Kennedy’s 74th birthday, and as the senator enters NECN’s Newton headquarters, he warmly greets Chet Curtis — who is tan and rested after a stint in his Fort Lauderdale condo — as an old friend.
By MARK JURKOWITZ | August 27, 2008

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