I know that Justin already posted about this, but I wanted to add my two coppers.
I didn’t always agree with Senator Kennedy — both in politics, and in personality — but I have a respect for the man and what he accomplished in his many years in public service. Politico:
His career spanned almost a [...]

The brain cancer finally caught up with him at age 77.
Some more from ABC:
Kennedy was first elected to the Senate in 1962, at the age of 30, and his tenure there would span four decades.
A hardworking, well-liked politician who became the standard-bearer of his brothers’ liberal causes, his career was clouded by allegations of personal [...]

Yesterday, Obama positioned the public option as something that everybody was getting hung up on. Not only that Kent Conrad said he wouldn’t vote for legislation that had it in it and neither would Blue Dog Dems or moderate Repubs.
Well, now HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is continuing the meme that the public option isn’t necessary…and [...]

He was the face of CBS Evening News for the better part of two decades and known as the most trusted man in America. Even his famous sign off, “And that’s the way it is,” speaks to the type of objectivity Cronkite seemed to value above all else.
This brings up a broader question about the [...]

The great writer John Updike has died at the age of 76. I say writer, because Updike was more than a novelist. He was a storyteller, an essayist, a man of letters in a way that is rare in our current age. With Updike’s passing we have one less literary great who was widely known [...]

With the $700 billion market bailout inflating the power of government and a big-spending, big-regulating lDemocrat or a big-spending, big-regulating Republican poised to take the White House, a lot of experts and politicians are giving last rites to small government.
Just today, I’m reading the era of small government is over. And Reagan capitalism is [...]

Rest in peace.

The author David Foster Wallace was found dead two days go from a suicide.
Many of you probably know him as the mind behind “Infinite Jest,” but in 2000 he wrote a piece for The Rolling Stone about John McCain and his run for the White House.
Trust me, it’s a must read…especially for observations like [...]

His battle with colon cancer has finally come to an end.
Joe Gandelman, a former newsman, weighs in on Snow’s legacy…
Snow was a public figure who truly seemed to have fun at his job and did it well. He was the quintessential broadcasting pro who put a professional TV face on the White House point of [...]

Earlier today, former Republican senator from North Carolina, Jesse Helms died at the age of 86. Helms, often a controversial figure, was one of the Republicans who led the expansion of the GOP base to included blue collar workers and especially evangelicals and other social conservatives. A staunch opponent of abortion and communism and a [...]

Of all the great comics of the late 20th century, I found George Carlin to be one of the most hilarious. Even when he was being banal and mean-spirited, he could make me laugh. So I’m saddened to hear of his death yesterday at the age of 71.
His routine “Seven Words You Can Never Say [...]

A fitting tribute.

It almost doesn’t seem real.

He was 58.
The apparent cause of death was heart attack.
Some of his life and times…
Russert, of Buffalo, N.Y., took the helm of the Sunday news show in December 1991 and turned it into the most widely watched program of its type in the nation. His signature trait there was an unrelenting style of questioning, sparing [...]

We interrupt the political commentary to bring you this quick but needed tribute to one of the 20th century’s most influential musicians: Bo Diddley, who died yesterday at the age of 79. I know of no better way to remember him than through his music. So, here’s a little bit.

The family put out a press release…
“To his loving friends, colleagues and fans, we appreciate your heartfelt prayers and support. Charlton Heston was seen by the world as larger than life. He was known for his chiseled jaw, broad shoulders and resonating voice, and, of course, for the roles he played. Indeed, he committed himself [...]