South Beach journalist Gerald Posner resigns from The Daily Beast
by Sergio R. Bustos of The Miami Herald, At: SunSentinel
Obama appointee Cass Sunstein calls for the "cognitive infiltration" of conspiracy theory groups
by Daniel Tencer, At: RawStory
Edward M. Kennedy: A Multilayered Object-Lesson in Political Courage
Jack Kennedy had received some 400 death threats annually during his short-lived "thousand days." Ted Kennedy in the late 1960s and through the 1970s received even more—the majority of them, no doubt, from extremists of the right including white supremacists, fundamentalists, Catholic—haters, liberal—haters, and the like, writes H.C. Nash.
Homage to Ted Kennedy
Jim DiEugenio reviews Edward Kennedy's long political career, and asks: Did any senator ever pass so much legislation that impacted the lives of so many people? But more specifically, and more pointedly: Was any senator ever involved in this much legislation whose aim was to help people who really needed the help and had no one to lobby for them?
Edward M. Kennedy
A compilation of news accounts concerning Edward Kennedy's passing.
Specter's Switch: an update
On Arlen Specter's change of political affiliation.
Arlen Specter: Opportunist to the End
The Democrats may have won the election. But thanks to the likes of Rendell, Reid, Markos Moulitsas, Jane Hamsher, and Thom Hartmann, they are still in search of their souls, writes Jim DiEugenio.
Yuri Nosenko Dies
Obituary from The Washington Post by Walter Pincus.
Robert Maheu Dies at 90
Obituary from the Washington Post for the onetime FBI agent who ran a Washington company that he said carried out secret missions for the Central Intelligence Agency.
Hamsher, Moulitsas, Marshall: State of Denial
By not referencing the Smith piece, Hamsher can keep her readers misinformed and thereby attack Kennedy on false pretenses, replies Jim DiEugenio.
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The Caroline Aftermath: The Blogosphere Defines Itself, and it's Not a Pretty Picture
A family that was good enough for the likes of Cesar Chavez and Martin Luther King isn't good enough for Jane Hamsher and Markos Moulitsas. And, in lockstep, their unthinking followers write fake letters to the New York Times, writes Jim DiEugenio.
An Open Letter to Jane Hamsher and Markos Moulitsas re: Caroline Kennedy and "Dynasties"
Jim DiEugenio excoriates these figures from the progressive blogosphere for their treatment of Caroline Kennedy's interest in the open Democratic Senate seat of Hillary Clinton.
The Passing of George Michael Evica
The arresting religious-intelligence phenomenon that formed the focus of Evica's final work relates not just to Oswald, but other figures in the assassination landscape, like Ruth and Michael Paine, and Ruth Kloepfer. It had been ignored for too long and it took Evica to open up the issue, writes Jim DiEugenio.
The Kennedy Assassination: Was There a Conspiracy?
Time magazine ran this short piece with David Talbot arguing for and Vincent Bugliosi against.
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