Weekly Written Analysis 2

An interesting pop culture topic is in the news this week is the death of Senator Ted Kennedy. He died on Tuesday at the age of 77 from brain cancer. He was a US Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party. He served in the US senate for 46 years and was first elected in 1962. . He was the youngest of nine children and two of his older brothers, President John F. and Senator Robert F. were assassinated. He ran for one Presidential election in 1980 and lost in the primary to Jimmy Carter. According to the official Kennedy website, Senator Kennedy authored more than 2,500 bills and over 300 were enacted into law.

I think that this topic qualifies as a popular culture topic because the senator is famous and sort of an icon. He has been in the media a lot lately because of his medical condition and fight with cancer. In addition, I think that people in business need to pay attention to what is going on in politics to stay up on issues that involve them. For example, tax increases or credits and law changes. I also think that it is important to understand the people who follow politicians because it shows what they want and what they believe in.

Official Kennedy website: http://kennedy.senate.gov/