Will Obama Put The Cap Back In The Capital?
Jan 2nd, 2009 · When John F. Kennedy appeared hatless at his inauguration, men in Washington pretty much stopped wearing hats. Will President-elect Obama change all that?
Jan 2nd, 2009 · When John F. Kennedy appeared hatless at his inauguration, men in Washington pretty much stopped wearing hats. Will President-elect Obama change all that?
Dec 26th, 2008 · 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.
Dec 20th, 2008 · 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.
Dec 18th, 2008 · 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?
Dec 17th, 2008 · 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.
Dec 17th, 2008 · 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.
Dec 16th, 2008 · 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.
Dec 15th, 2008 · 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.