Reverbiage: Stories from NPR tagged 'kennedy'

Will Obama Put The Cap Back In The Capital...

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:23:00 EST

When John F. Kennedy appeared hatless at his inauguration, men in Washington pretty much stopped wearing hats. Will President-elect Obama change all that?

Caroline Kennedy Speaks Out On Senate Bid

Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:59:00 EST

Caroline Kennedy emerged from weeks of near-silence Friday about her bid for a Senate seat by giving an interview to The Associated Press. She said that after a lifetime of closely guarded privacy, she felt compelled to answer the call to service issued by her father a generation ago.

The Long Labor Of Willard Wirtz

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 08:00:00 EST

Host Scott Simon talks with former Secretary of Labor Willard Wirtz, who came to Washington during the Kennedy administration. He reflects on his career, his memoirs and life at 96.

Kennedy's Name Not Necessarily A Negative

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:01:00 EST

Like Shakespeare's Prince Hal and The Godfather's Michael Corleone before her, Caroline Kennedy may be yet another beneficiary of being born to a powerful family. But need this automatically exempt her from being a capable senator?

Political Junkie: Another Sen. Kennedy...

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:15:00 EST

Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg has told New York Gov. David Paterson that she is interested in the Senate seat vacated by Hillary Clinton. Also, President-elect Obama has made two more cabinet appointments — to the agriculture and interior posts.

Is Caroline Kennedy More Than A Household Name...

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:01:00 EST

The daughter of the late John F. Kennedy indicated this week that she'd like to be named to Hillary Clinton's soon-to-open Senate seat. That means convincing Democratic power brokers in upstate New York, as well as Gov. David Paterson, she's up to the job.

Is Caroline Kennedy Ready To Serve... No

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:12:00 EST

Caroline Kennedy has never held public office. She's not associated with any particular political issue and has spent her entire life, "avoiding the spotlight." Nonetheless, Kennedy stands a good chance of going to the Senate. And that possibility reveals some unpleasant truths about American democracy.

Caroline Kennedy Seeks Clinton Seat

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:43:00 EST

Caroline Kennedy has reportedly told New York Gov. David Paterson she wants to fill the Senate seat being vacated by Hillary Clinton. Nicholas Confessore, a reporter for The New York Times who is following the story, offers his insight.

Revisiting Bernstein's Immodest 'Mass'

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 05:07:00 EDT

Leonard Bernstein wrote his Mass to memorialize John F. Kennedy. But conductor Marin Alsop says that the dizzyingly eclectic work reveals more about its composer than anyone else.

Randall Kennedy: If Obama Loses, Then What...

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:11:00 EDT

Barack Obama has already broken countless racial barriers in his historic run for America's highest office. In this installment of the "This American Moment" series, Randall Kennedy talks about what it would mean if Obama lost the election.

Kennedys And Conventions: An Emotional History

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:26:00 EDT

Monday night's emotional appearance at the Democratic National Convention by Sen. Ted Kennedy wasn't the first time convention delegates were brought to tears by a Kennedy.

Day 1: Kennedy, Obama's Wife Highlight His Values

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:21:00 EDT

The Democratic National Convention was gaveled to order Monday in Denver. The convention gives Barack Obama an opportunity to reassure voters about his values and readiness to be president. That task began Monday when an ailing Ted Kennedy passed the torch to Obama, and then Michelle Obama spoke about her husband.

Caroline Kennedy To Take Center Stage At DNC

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:18:00 EDT

The usually private daughter of John F. Kennedy will recall her father's service to the country and lead a tribute to her ailing uncle Monday night. It's yet another sign that she's ready to more formally take up the family business.

Michael Beschloss: Tales Of The LBJ Tapes

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:23:00 EDT

President's daily conversations shed light on the aftermath of the Kennedy assassination, the progress of the civil rights bill and the escalation of the Vietnam War.

Kennedy Center Celebrates The Trumpet

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:36:00 EDT

Jazz today is blessed with many extraordinary trumpeters. We have two (Terell Stafford and Wallace Roney), as well as Christian McBride's trumpet-free band playing a Miles Davis blues piece, this week on JazzSet.

Season Two Of A 'Mad Men' World

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:04:00 EDT

TV critic David Bianculli reviews Mad Men, the drama about advertising execs during the Kennedy years. Season two of the Emmy-nominated series begins on Sunday night on AMC.

On The Brink: The Cuban Missile Crisis Revisited

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:16:00 EDT

Though much was made of the conflagration between John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev during the Cuban missile crisis, Michael Dobbs, author of One Minute to Midnight, says the two leaders were actually of like minds when it came to the threat of nuclear war.

Kennedy Returns To Senate For Medicare Vote

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:45:00 EDT

Senators were surprised to see Sen. Edward Kennedy return to the Senate floor for a pivotal Medicare vote Wednesday. They were even more surprised minutes later, when a bill that just days earlier seemed mired in partisan limbo passed by a veto-proof 69-30 margin.

Analyst: It's Kennedy's Court

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:00:00 EDT

The New Yorker's Jeffrey Toobin looks at the recently ended Supreme Court term and concludes that Justice Anthony Kennedy dominated its controversial decisions.

RFK Laid to Rest 40 Years Ago

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 10:09:00 EDT

Robert F. Kennedy was laid to rest in Arlington Cemetery 40 years ago Sunday. Weekend Edition Sunday remembers Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign as part of the NPR series "Echoes of 1968." Guest Host Audie Cornish talks to John Seiganthaler about the effect of RFK's assassination on American politics and the role of race in the current presidential campaign.

Should Site of RFK's Assassination Be Preserved...

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:12:00 EDT

After declaring victory in the California primary 40 years ago, Robert F. Kennedy left the ballroom of the Ambassador Hotel and into the kitchen pantry, where he was shot and killed. Patt Morrison wonders why the actual site of the assassination was not saved for posterity.

RFK Assassination: Aide Recalls Tragedy Repeated

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:01:00 EDT

On June 5, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy's hotel suite was a "madhouse" of celebration as he and supporters reveled in his California primary victory. But when shots rang out in the hotel kitchen pantry, Ted Sorensen's first thought was, how could this have happened again?

Journalist Remembers the Death of RFK

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:47:00 EDT

Forty years ago at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, Pete Hamill tried to wrestle the gun away from Sirhan Sirhan, Robert F. Kennedy's assassin. Hamill discusses a new book about RFK on the anniversary of his last day.

A Son's 'Vision of Robert F. Kennedy'

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:47:00 EDT

Max Kennedy, the ninth child of Robert and Ethel Kennedy, was just three years old when his father was assassinated. In 1998, he edited a collection of his father's private journal entries called Make Gentle The Life of this World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy.

An Intimate Memoir of RFK

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:29:00 EDT

Journalist Jack Newfield's close work with Robert F. Kennedy during the last year of his life informs Newfield's 1969 book, RFK: A Memoir, which offers a first-hand account of the assassinated politician and attempts to separate the man from myth.