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It takes a touch of divine grace to upstage the President of the United States from the podium at your father�s funeral. Ted Kennedy, Jr. accomplished that rare feat with his beautiful eulogy this morning. Our hearts go out to Ted Kennedy�s family today, and to the mother of his children, too.
Archive for the ‘Personal moment’ Category
April 20th, 2008
Where’s a corrupt public official when you need one?
April 17th, 2008
This week I returned from a memorial service for my first collaborator in arts policy research, and my second PhD advisee, to find that my most recent coauthor, on biofuels and global warming, had taken his life. It’s been a tough week, as both were friends, optimal colleagues, much too young, and respectively central to [...]
