Ted Widmer
Articles by Ted Widmer
Citizen Kennedy
May. 27th, 2008, 2:10 pm
The Last Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and the 82 Days that Inspired America
By Thurston Clarke
Henry Holt, 321 pages, $25
For a people whom Tocqueville described as living eternally in the future, we Americans do quite a lot of remembering. Eight weeks ago, it was Martin Luther King Jr., who has been gone longer than he was alive. Now we enter the season of remembrance for a former New York senator, Robert F. Kennedy, a season made all the more poignant by the depressing news that the Liberal Lion, Ted Kennedy, is suddenly and unexpectedly a lion in winter. read more »
An Intellectual’s Ruminative Romps: Schlesinger’s Journals
Oct. 2nd, 2007, 12:25 pm
The publication of Arthur Schlesinger’s Journals brings to completion his life of nonstop commentary. read more »
The House Of Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
Mar. 11th, 2007, 8:00 pm
Honest Abe to the Rescue- Goodwin Needs Him; Nation, Too
Nov. 13th, 2005, 8:00 pm
Honest Abe to the Rescue— Goodwin Needs Him; Nation, Too
Nov. 13th, 2005, 8:00 pm
Our Best Writer, Revived Again— Melville Made Whole at Last
Sep. 25th, 2005, 8:00 pm
Our Best Writer, Revived Again- Melville Made Whole at Last
Sep. 25th, 2005, 8:00 pm
A Calm and Considered LookAt a Vast, Divisive Presidency
May. 29th, 2005, 8:00 pm
Ben Franklin, Diplomat, Flirts Fabulously With France
Apr. 10th, 2005, 8:00 pm
‘The Foundingest Father,’ Ubiquitous at a Key Moment
Oct. 31st, 2004, 8:00 pm
Fearsome Office Warriors: Rumsfeld, Cheney, Rice and Co.
Mar. 7th, 2004, 8:00 pm
Bush Speechwriter's Revealing Memoir Is Nerd's Revenge
Jan. 19th, 2003, 8:00 pm
Reston, King of Access, Dean of a Trustworthy Press
Dec. 22nd, 2002, 8:00 pm
Franklin the Fabulous Founder Rescued From Recent Neglect
Sep. 29th, 2002, 8:00 pm
Anonymous Does History: Ex-F.O.B. on the Age of Clinton
Mar. 10th, 2002, 8:00 pm
Our 'Strenuous Teddy': Local Hero, Bully President
Nov. 18th, 2001, 8:00 pm
Slumming in Squeeze Gut Alley: The Story of the Dirtiest Ward
Aug. 19th, 2001, 8:00 pm
Pop Presidential Biographer Shakes Up American Pantheon
Jun. 3rd, 2001, 8:00 pm
A Pair of Pros Collaborate: Pitcher and Baseball Writer
May. 13th, 2001, 8:00 pm
Rosy View of the Happy Warrior Who Shaped Modern New York
Feb. 11th, 2001, 8:00 pm
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