NYC Letter: Ted Kennedy Is Dead

Day 218 of CHOPE

De mortuis nil nisi verum dicendum est

Mr. Kennedy was neither bright nor true. He sought power and enjoyed privilege. He is now beyond our reproaches. And we will leave it at that.

EDWARD MOORE KENNEDY
February 22, 1932 - August 25, 2009
[Photo source: CBS News/AP Photo/Kenneth Lambert]

The Christian thing is to pray for Mr. Kennedy's soul and for his family.