By all accounts, I missed the Kennedy brothers of the 1960's. Not to show my age here, but I wasn't around to witness JFK's assassination. I was in utero when Bobby was killed in the summer of 1968. I missed that whole "era" of U.S. History. As a history teacher now, I can only wish I was born a few years earlier. However, as a boy interested in the U.S. Senate, I was able to watch Ted Kennedy. Many of my views differ from Sen. Kennedy's, but there is one area that I applaud him for his committment; education. I also applaud him for stepping into the role of "father" when so many of his nieces and nephews went fatherless. I pray He is at peace with God today.