The Last Saturday

Today was the burial of Senator Edward "Teddy" Kennedy, the last of the Kennedy brothers. All gone now, the lions of democracy. It's like the last page of a great book and you don't want the story to end...but it does. And you have to go on but the story will always be a part of you because you loved it, cherished it, wanted it. The 60s are truly over now. But it's not the end of democracy. Not by a long-shot. I know there are people in this country who cringe at the word 'liberal,' as if those who believe in creating sanctuaries for wildlife, who believe that clean water and air are important, who believe in helping their fellow human beings are somehow wrong and deserve vilification. Ted Kennedy was a liberal and he never flinched from that label because he worked in the service of the everyday American. That's me.