Post Mortem Archive: Politics

John Mashek and the President

John Mashek, a longtime political journalist, died earlier this week. He covered presidential campaigns and conventions spanning four decades and was a panelist on televised presidential and vice presidential debates. At a presidential debate in 1992, Mr. Mashek was best remembered for asking independent candidate H. Ross Perot about his...

Maria Shriver on Grief

Maria Shriver knows about grief, given all the tragedies that have afflicted her extended family over the years. Like most in the large Kennedy family, she's been private about her losses but she made an exception Tuesday when at a conference about women, she talked about dealing with the death...