That's the best I've read yet

by Jack , Friday, February 27, 2015, 07:56 (3336 days ago) @ Ken Fowler

That Molotov story is great, yet another illustration of the amazing life he led. Why, oh why wasn't there a photographer around to capture that meeting?

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RIP Father Ted - Jim (fisherj08), 2015-02-26, 21:50
- I'm not sure any univ. will have a President like Fr Ted - JD in Portland, 2015-02-28, 09:32
  - How many Universities have ever had a President that - BillyGoat, 2015-03-02, 12:05
    - Well, Princeton had a president who ended up ... President. - Savage, 2015-03-03, 02:39
- From the White House - FunkDoctorSpock, 2015-02-27, 14:31
  - More from the White House - Jim (fisherj08), 2015-03-01, 17:28
    - Très cool. - Savage, 2015-03-01, 17:30
  - That's a beautiful succinct tribute; thx - JD in Portland, 2015-02-27, 14:39
    - In a word, it's Presidential - KelleyCook, 2015-02-28, 05:17
- Neat story I saw floating around on Twitter - Jim (fisherj08), 2015-02-27, 13:16
- WSJ interview from 2008 - Jay, 2015-02-27, 12:14
- the original Land O' Lakes document - Jay, 2015-02-27, 11:59
  - As an educator, this is his magnum opus - HCE, 2015-02-27, 14:04
    - Co-sign - JD in Portland, 2015-02-28, 12:46
- Hesburgh again in SI, on football - Jay, 2015-02-27, 11:50
- Grotto - Grantland, 2015-02-27, 11:18
- was looking around for more on Hesburgh and Nixon - Jay, 2015-02-27, 10:40
- Kerry Temple chimes in - HullieAndMikes, 2015-02-27, 10:28
- Hesburgh in Sports Illustrated, 1959 - Jay, 2015-02-27, 09:32
  - and in 1954, the precursor to the other piece - Jay, 2015-02-27, 09:33
    - Presaging the NCAA convention vote this year - Brendan, 2015-02-27, 09:42
    - "People" Magazine, 1977 - PMan, 2015-02-27, 09:37
- RIP Nimoy - HumanRobot, 2015-02-27, 09:27
  - maybe Ted was also Mr. Spock - Jay, 2015-02-27, 09:30
    - If that were true, it would be awesome. Yet also like - BillyGoat, 2015-02-27, 09:31
- it will be interesting to read - Jay, 2015-02-27, 08:59
  - First Things will likely have a piece on his "mixed legacy." - Slainte Joe, 2015-02-28, 06:25
  - Found anything yet? - Greg, 2015-02-27, 11:53
    - A leading candidate did not - HullieAndMikes, 2015-02-27, 12:01
      - he endorsed the Obama commencement invite - Jay, 2015-02-27, 12:05
        
        No, I just think it hit the current administration only - HullieAndMikes, 2015-02-27, 12:09
        
        It's weird... - Greg, 2015-02-27, 12:23
        
        Fr. Miscamble is on one side of the Catholicism at ND debate - Flann, 2015-03-01, 14:37
        
        Thank. - Greg, 2015-03-02, 08:50
        
        What I wouldn't give... - Slainte Joe, 2015-03-02, 06:55
        
        Book rec: "Why Democrats are Blue" by Mark Stricherz - KelleyCook, 2015-03-02, 11:24
        
        I don't think he's changed all that much. - Slainte Joe, 2015-02-27, 12:28
        
        Thanks. - Greg, 2015-02-27, 12:39
        
        Well, he might just be an excellent professor - HullieAndMikes, 2015-02-27, 12:26
  - Good point. Also, I would really be happy if the White House - BillyGoat, 2015-02-27, 09:08
    - I'll be shocked and disappointed - JN, 2015-02-27, 10:17
      - Um , the POTUS issued a statement at about noon - JD in Portland, 2015-02-27, 15:19
        
        Right, which is why I'm neither shocked nor disappointed - JN, 2015-02-27, 17:08
        
        The entire subthread was embarrassing - JD in Portland, 2015-02-27, 19:19
        
        Good grief. - Slainte Joe, 2015-02-28, 13:13
        
        Stupidity? - JN, 2015-02-27, 21:51
        
        was it that bad? - Jay, 2015-02-27, 20:47
        
        That's all it was. I thought the content was great and I - BillyGoat, 2015-02-27, 21:11
      - Now it's 2:30 in Washington. - BillyGoat, 2015-02-27, 11:30
        
        There's a lot happening on Capitol hill right now - Jim (fisherj08), 2015-02-27, 12:06
        
        Nope it did not - JD in Portland, 2015-02-27, 15:20
        
        If Sam Seaborn has time to write a birthday card, someone - BillyGoat, 2015-02-27, 12:24
        
        There it is! - Jim (fisherj08), 2015-02-27, 12:43
        
        Biden - Mike (bart), 2015-02-27, 13:00
        
        Replies to Biden - Mike (bart), 2015-02-27, 13:04
        
        If you value your sanity, never ever look at... - PAK, 2015-03-02, 06:19
        
        Joe Donnelly on the Senate floor - Jay, 2015-02-27, 12:54
        
        Great. Thanks for posting. - BillyGoat, 2015-02-27, 12:47
- From my father, Class of 1967 - FunkDoctorSpock, 2015-02-27, 08:58
  - oldcoot68 is out of pocket, but I'm sure he has some stories - Dylan, 2015-02-27, 11:35
  - Along the lines of the airport story... - Brendan, 2015-02-27, 09:06
    - Wonderful. Thanks for sharing that. - FunkDoctorSpock, 2015-02-27, 09:31
    - Mine: - PMan, 2015-02-27, 09:23
      - Great story. These are wonderful. - Slainte Joe, 2015-02-27, 10:17
      - I guess this is what Jenkins' statements really mean - Greg, 2015-02-27, 09:34
        
        I don't think it was even being grounded just as a priest... - BillyGoat, 2015-02-27, 11:33
- Priest friend says "A spiritual giant and a social prophet." - Grantland, 2015-02-27, 08:46
- Very sad, but evokes good memories. - River, 2015-02-27, 08:38
  - another anecdote I think I've shared here - Jay, 2015-02-27, 08:51
    - Did she? - Buck Mulligan, 2015-02-27, 09:07
      - I don't think so - Jay, 2015-02-27, 09:13
- Fr. Ted was the incredibly rare combination of being... - BillyGoat, 2015-02-27, 07:27
  - Well said. It always amazed me that this legendary man - HCE, 2015-02-27, 08:49
    - One of my favorite Fr. Ted stories was actually expanded - BillyGoat, 2015-02-27, 09:03
  - Funny, I pulled it off the shelf just now - Greg, 2015-02-27, 08:43
    - Seriously. I've never heard anybody speak so matter - BillyGoat, 2015-02-27, 08:48
- from a former NDN-er's facebook - HumanRobot, 2015-02-27, 07:17
  - I need to go back and read the Hesburgh sections - Jay, 2015-02-27, 07:26
    - Gerry Faust has a funny story - HullieAndMikes, 2015-02-27, 08:29
- It's awesome, to me, that he said mass yesterday. - Chris, 2015-02-27, 07:06
- A great man. - Slainte Joe, 2015-02-27, 06:50
- As usual, the WaPo knocks it out of the park - Ken Fowler, 2015-02-27, 06:46
  - "wangled" - Dylan, 2015-02-27, 09:14
  - That's the best I've read yet - Jack, 2015-02-27, 07:56
  - great read. thanks for posting - Jay, 2015-02-27, 06:57
- Lengthy Observer obituary - Jim (fisherj08), 2015-02-27, 06:24
- NYT obituary - Jim (fisherj08), 2015-02-27, 05:53
  - hard to argue - JN, 2015-02-27, 05:58
- We've lost a saint among us. - Silk, 2015-02-27, 04:18
- I was really hoping he'd make 100. Great Great man. - NDinVA, 2015-02-27, 03:26
  - it's amazing to consider where ND would be without him - Jay, 2015-02-27, 06:59
    - He's second only to Fr. Sorin - Brendan, 2015-02-27, 10:23
    - Aquinas College with a worse surrounding city - CK08, 2015-02-27, 07:16
- nd.edu biography - Jay, 2015-02-26, 22:09
- he was a giant - Jay, 2015-02-26, 22:00
  - One of the most powerful statements to me - HullieAndMikes, 2015-02-27, 05:08
  - Really, his biography seems almost impossible - Brendan, 2015-02-26, 22:01
    - Every President of the Civil Rights era had him on speeddial - Jim (fisherj08), 2015-02-26, 22:04
      - And when THAT didn't end up being possible, his "consolation - BillyGoat, 2015-02-27, 07:26
      - Favorite Hesburgh story - Jim (fisherj08), 2015-02-26, 22:08
        
        JJ it wasn't just a "supersonic jet"; it was the SR-71 - KelleyCook, 2015-02-28, 05:58
        
        domer dens - Jay, 2015-02-26, 22:25
        
        I was blessed to be in there many times. I lived with one - Frank, 2015-02-27, 03:30
        
        if you have any Ted anecdotes in coming days - Jay, 2015-02-27, 06:58
        
        My Dad went to ND as a 16 year old freshman in 1945 - Frank, 2015-02-27, 11:58
        
        there are probably thousands of stories of remembering names - Jay, 2015-02-27, 12:39
        
        Ara is good at that too. I meet him once when I was at - Grantland, 2015-03-02, 10:41
        
        Simple story but all ND and all Fr. Ted. - Grantland, 2015-02-27, 08:43
        
        That was great. - GuinnessBob, 2015-02-27, 02:47
- May the wind be ever at his back - Brendan, 2015-02-26, 21:53

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That's the best I've read yet