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Your head will explode when you read this. From NewsBusters: The Huffington Post explains that "Melissa Lafsky is the deputy web editor at Discover magazine, where she writes the Reality Base blog. She was previously the editor of the New York Times's Freakonomics blog, and is a former associate editor at HuffPo's Eat The Press." So she's a major-media-certified pundit when she wrote about Chappaquiddick drowning victim Mary Jo Kopechne on Arianna's pages today:Mary Jo wasn't a right-wing talking point or a negative campaign slogan. She was a dedicated civil rights activist and political talent with a bright future....We don't...

If you think American politics have gotten nastier, crueler, and more symbolic over the last 20 years, blame Ted Kennedy.

We should every year remember the true story of Mary Jo's death, and how it revealed the true "character" of one Edward M Kennedy.

After weeks of secretive backdoor meetings, a group of Senators led by Ted Kennedy, John Kyl, John Cornyn, Harry Reid, and John McCain has come up with a bipartisan amnesty. The text has not been officially introduced, but the lawmakers are trying to get the bill passed in a matter of days. Why? Because they don't want to give the American people a chance to see just how bad it is, or get a chance to tell them how outraged we are. This bill would grant amnesty to virtually every single illegal alien in the country, create a temporary...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18/PRNewsire/--Yesterday, while introducing his amendment to increase the federal minimum wage to $7.25 an hour, Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) chose to ignore the economic reality of mandated wage increases. Senator Kennedy claims that his minimum wage increase is meant to help hurricane Katrina victims, many of whom are poor minorities. He does not mention that only 8 percent of the beneficiaries from his wage increase will be single mothers, and only 4 percent will be single mothers in poverty. Senator Kennedy further claims that raising the minimum wage is a minority issue, but he declines to mention that...

The issue of abortion is expected to take center stage during the upcoming confirmation hearings for John Roberts, President Bush's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court. And one of the key questioners of Roberts will be Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee. While many today regard the Democrat as a champion for abortion rights, the senator, who is Catholic, apparently held a staunch pro-life view before the Roe v. Wade decision in 1972. In 1971, Tom Dennelly of Great Neck, N.Y., wrote to Kennedy expressing his personal views on abortion. Kennedy responded to Dennelly, writing:...

Dear xxxxxx, Now that President Bush has nominated John Roberts, the Senate and the nation face the critical task of understanding what kind of Supreme Court justice he would be - there are many questions that need to be answered. During the confirmation process, the Senate must find out whether he will be on the side of basic rights and individual liberties or if he will side with powerful special interests. Mr. Robert's brief public record raises several serious and troubling questions. Senators must ask those questions for the American people--and ensure that we receive honest and complete answers. Our...

The Kennedy family is upset by the video game A Scottish firm has been criticised by the family of John F Kennedy for producing a game which recreates the president's assassination in Dallas. "JFK Reloaded" was released on Monday to coincide with the 41st anniversary of the president's assassination. David Smith, a spokesman for Senator Ted Kennedy, the brother of JFK, said the PC-based game was "despicable". A spokesman for Traffic Games said it was encouraging youngsters to take an interest in history. The Stirling-based company argued that the game was aimed at disproving theories that a conspiracy, rather than...

Edward M. Kennedy: U.S. must not go nuclear in Iraq 02/02/2003 WASHINGTON A DANGEROUS WORLD just grew more dangerous. Reports that the administration is contemplating the pre-emptive use of nuclear weapons in Iraq should set off alarm bells that this could not only be the wrong war at the wrong time, but it could quickly spin out of control. Initiating the use of nuclear weapons would make a conflict with Iraq potentially catastrophic. President Bush had an opportunity Tuesday night to explain why he believes such a radical departure from longstanding policy is justified or necessary. At the very minimum,...