Sargent Shriver, 1915-2011

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Sargent Shriver, the brother-in-law of JFK who served in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations before running as George McGovern’s vice presidential nominee, died last night at the age of 95. In 2004, Michael Novak wrote an engaging piece in THE WEEKLY STANDARD on his time working as Shriver’s speechwriter:

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