http://www.bostonirish.com/taxonomy/term/37/0 en http://www.bostonirish.com/node/13746 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-byline"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Neil J. Savage </div> </div> </div> <p>The recounting of his tenure as a United States senator in the media's compelling coverage of the death of Ted Kennedy and the current successor campaign is more than the story of one man's growth and influence in that body; it is also the latest illustration of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts's unique contribution to the political history of the nation.<span class="read-more"><a href="/node/13746"><strong> Read more</strong></a></span></p> <div class="og_rss_groups"></div> http://www.bostonirish.com/node/13746#comments History politics Ted Kennedy Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:12:25 +0000 irishadmin 13746 at http://www.bostonirish.com http://www.bostonirish.com/node/13722 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-byline"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Staff </div> </div> </div> Following are excerpts from a letter exchange between Edward M. Kennedy and Pope Benedict XVI in the weeks before Kennedy’s death:<br /><br /> <span class="read-more"><a href="/node/13722"><strong> Read more</strong></a></span><div class="og_rss_groups"></div> http://www.bostonirish.com/node/13722#comments politics religion Ted Kennedy Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:53:00 +0000 irishadmin 13722 at http://www.bostonirish.com