Remembering Our Father
Forty years ago, as he was celebrating his victory in California’s Democratic presidential primary, Senator Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated. To mark the occasion, Op-Ed editors invited his children to share their memories of him.
1) Lessons of the Magnolia Tree
By Kerry Kennedy, the founder of the human rights organization Speak Truth to Power and the author of the forthcoming Being Catholic Now.
My father sat upstairs in his study, working in the one room of our sprawling house that we children could not storm into unless it was a matter of utmost urgency. I now know that the big brown desk was where he wrote his books and often drafted important speeches or new legislation.… Seguir leyendo »