Spitball Army

I. Father was born beneath the sway of California palms; in death, he is surrounded by their less majestic South Carolina cousins.

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Besides other humans, dogs are probably the smartest animals that we come in contact with on a daily basis. I’ve known some dogs that are most definitely smarter than some humans I’ve known, but that’s another story. Dogs play with us, they keep us company, and they make us happy. It is no surprise, then, that after humans (in, for instance, love songs and murder ballads), the next most popular animal represented in song is man’s best friend.

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It may never have occurred to many of his critics that Ted Kennedy acted as a mirror, showing them not only the best, but also the worst, in themselves.

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Tom Clay, a populist Ken Nordine, created a montage of audio clips from prominent news events of the ’60s and released it to radio in 1971. I must have heard it dozens of times on my little transistor radio when I was a kid. I was reminded of it, and of its spirit, as I awoke to the news of the passing of Teddy Kennedy this morning.

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