AlterNet Staff, AlterNet: PEEK. September 30, 2009. Patrick Kennedy lost two uncles to political assassins. Now he warns of a threat of political violence from the right.
Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. September 10, 2009. At a joint session of Congress that rang like town halls, Obama comes out swinging for progressive ideals; yet his stance on the public option still is unclear.
Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. September 9, 2009. Vicki Kennedy will sit in the First Family's box when the president addresses Congress tonight about health care.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, August 27, 2009. Ted Kennedy will go down in history as one of the giants of the U.S. Senate and one the most accomplished legislators in American history.
Robert Scheer, Truthdig. August 26, 2009. In a political world dominated by bipartisan cynicism, there are few touchstones of integrity for the common folk -- Kennedy was one of them.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. August 26, 2009. One commenter: "Now if we could just talk God into taking Arlin Spector, Harry Reid,and Nancy Pelosi America would be Eutopia!"
Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. August 26, 2009. His media image larger than life, Sen. Ted Kennedy struck this blogger as an almost regular guy.
Agence France Presse August 6, 2009. By an easy 68-31 margin, lawmakers lifted the 55-year-old appeals court judge to the bench that serves as the final arbiter of the U.S. Constitution.
Agence France Presse August 5, 2009. Sotomayor is expected to win Senate confirmation as early as Thursday as the first Hispanic U.S. Supreme Court justice.
Steven D., Booman Tribune AlterNet: PEEK. July 23, 2008. "I'll tell you what autism is. In 99 percent of the cases, it's a brat who hasn't been told to cut the act out. That's what autism is."
Paul Armentano, NORML. May 23, 2008. Scientific studies indicate that marijuana can halt the spread of numerous cancer cells, including the type that Kennedy suffers from.