One of the last lions at CBS news has faded from view from the network’s fabled news magazine 60 minutes.
Andy Rooney, 92, and his folksy and often curmudgeonly essays have been a staple of 60 Minutes since 1978. His essays about the foibles of daily life, politics and business have been described as both insightful and irritating.
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John F. Kennedy's inaugural speech set the tone for the idealism of the 1960s. It is considered one of the four best inagural speeches given from all 44 presidents.
It “set the standard by which presidential inaugurals have been judged in the modern era.” ~ William Safire, former New York Times columnist and Nixon speechwriter.
Fifty years ago, Jan. 20, 1961, John F. Kennedy addressed the nation for the first time as president. Historians score it as one of the four best inaugural speech ever spoken.
Newsman Walter Cronkite held America's hand through tragedy and triumph.
Much of the nation recognized his job at CBS News with his death Friday. He was 92 and was recognized as the reporter's reporter.
Jack Kerouac, the legendary chronicler of the Beat Generation, yearned for recognition and fame as he finished his first novel at a College Park cottage.
David Halberstam, another great reporter at the gray lady, has died and followed the route of the legendary R.W. Apple Jr. The writer was a real man. He never apologized for his friends. His friendship lifted many people who needed lifting.
Veterans of World War II, America's greatest generation, are dying at the rate of more than 1,000 per day.
Arch conservative. Ideological firebrand. Conservative force. Conservative icon. Unyielding champion. Senator No. Racist. Conservative stalwart Champion of conservatives. Unyielding champion. Uncompromising conservative.
Mother Teresa may really be the proverbial riddle wrapped in an enigma. She eschewed controversy preferring instead to focus on loving the sick and poor.
The newsroom at the grey lady, the New York Times, is a little less than it was with the death of the legendary R.W. Apple Jr.
