Read more Chappaquiddick stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/17766/chappaquiddick.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:49:58 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/68595/its-time-to-forgive-kennedy-for-chappaquiddick-globe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTed Kennedy's behavior after the Chappaquiddick crash was inexcusable, but it's time to accept his atonement, the Boston Globe writes in an editorial a week after the senator's death. Kennedy's remorse was genuine, as shown by his actions toward the end of his life and his words in an upcoming...http://www.newser.com/story/68595/its-time-to-forgive-kennedy-for-chappaquiddick-globe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 04 Sep 2009 6:04:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68483/kennedy-memoir-chappaquiddick-inexcusable.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTed Kennedy tells of his anguish after Chappaquiddick in a memoir to be published this month, reports the New York Times , admitting that he "made terrible decisions" in the accident that killed his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne. In True Compass, Kennedy deals unsparingly with the low points in his life,...http://www.newser.com/story/68483/kennedy-memoir-chappaquiddick-inexcusable.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 03 Sep 2009 6:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68245/media-airbrush-did-kennedy-no-favors-hitchens.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Kennedy “legacy” is not pretty, precisely because it requires so much media “airbrushing” to stay intact. “One of the many dreadful aspects,” Christopher Hitchens writes for Slate, “is the now-unbreakable grip of celebrity politics, image-doctoring, stage management, and ‘torch passing’ rhetoric in general.” But even the venomous pundit saves...http://www.newser.com/story/68245/media-airbrush-did-kennedy-no-favors-hitchens.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 31 Aug 2009 14:36:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67935/enough-already-kennedy-was-no-hero.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagYou wouldn’t know it from the tearful plaudits in the "echo chamber of the mainstream media," but Ted Kennedy was no hero, Howie Carr writes for the Boston Herald . Kennedy was actually a ruthless partisan—he accused Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork of wanting "segregated lunch counters”—and lived a...http://www.newser.com/story/67935/enough-already-kennedy-was-no-hero.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 27 Aug 2009 11:56:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67811/ted-was-the-greatest-kennedy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOn the weekend of his inauguration, John F. Kennedy gave his youngest brother a cigarette case engraved with the words, “And the last shall be first.” Fifty years later, that prophesy has come true, writes Richard Lacayo of Time. The "long shadow of Chappaquiddick" may have kept Ted Kennedy out...http://www.newser.com/story/67811/ted-was-the-greatest-kennedy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 26 Aug 2009 8:46:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59451/words-failed-kennedy-on-chappaquiddick.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThough he longed to tell Mary Jo Kopechne’s parents about the 1969 accident that killed their daughter, Ted Kennedy couldn’t find the words on two occasions when he invited them into his home, a new book on the senator says. “When the time came, after plenty of small talk, he...http://www.newser.com/story/59451/words-failed-kennedy-on-chappaquiddick.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 19 May 2009 11:06:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/12691/kennedy-inks-blockbuster-deal-for-memoir.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter a 6-day auction, Ted Kennedy's memoirs have sold for more than $8 million, the New York Times reports. Assuming the Senate Ethics Committee OKs the deal, Kennedy will discuss his lengthy career, infamous car crash, and failed presidential bid. He’s “walking, talking history,” gushed the book's publisher.http://www.newser.com/story/12691/kennedy-inks-blockbuster-deal-for-memoir.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Nov 2007 11:45:02 CST