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...daughter to behind-the-scenes advocate for education to best-selling author, Kennedy has played many roles in the last half-century. And it seems like she might soon play another one—New York’s junior senator. According to a variety of media outlets, that state??€™s governor David Paterson is considering appointing Kennedy to the seat Senator Hillary Clinton will give up in January for her new post at the State Department. But such an appointment would be unwise, and not for any reason concerning Ms. Kennedy’s political experience...
...course, Stead surely didn’t mean that Christ would have been disappointed with Chicago’s corrupt politicians: Who could really fault a city so embedded in its state??€™s political tradition? Leaders of Chicago’s infamous political dynasty, the Daley family, were daringly complicit in the cronyism and gangsterism led by Al Capone in the early 1900s; Mayor Richard J. Daley notably capitalized on the New Deal and segregated the city on racial lines solely in order to promote his own self-interest...
...passage of Proposition 8 and the need for minorities who have faced discrimination to work together toward the common goal of greater equality at the Institute of Politics last night. In the aftermath of the passage of the controversial ballot initiative, which called for amending that state??€™s Constitution to define marriage as a union between two individuals of the opposite sex, McCarthy talked about the importance of extending Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) activism to issues unrelated to same-sex marriage, which he said LGBT individuals have placed on a pedestal. “We need...
...fifth-seeded Jantzen (5-0) certainly did not appear timid as he raced through the opening rounds, overwhelming Northern State??€™s Dave Schiley with an 8-1 decision before ousting Chris Bencivenga of UNC-Greensboro with a fall...
...unranked sophomore’s quarterfinal bout, however, presented his greatest challenge. Ohio State??€™s Jaggers—a two-time All-American and last year’s NCAA national champion—entered Friday’s final bout as the undefeated top seed...