There probably will never be another American family like the Kennedys, if for no other reason, almost no one has nine children anymore. But it's also increasingly rare that wealthy families decide to devote their entire brood to public service, or care about the less fortunate in a profound, lasting way; to think Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who died two weeks ago, was relatively little known in the public mind, yet founded the Special Olympics. (Obviously, it helps to make millions upon millions before sending one's children off to public service.)
Kennedy's death is profound because he embodies an unimaginably complex mix of enormous legislative achievement, glamorous wealth, personal tragedy and personal idiocy in a way that few can ever hope to replicate. Watching people lined up for half a mile outside the JFK Library makes me cry. What is more Boston than a moment of silence for a Kennedy before a Sawx game? Kennedy is further proof that: Boston Is A Brotherhood.
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