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Former US Senator Chris Dodd reflects on his family's commitment to human rights as a center at UConn is formally dedicated in their honor.

‘Our humanity, in many ways, is defined by how we treat the most vulnerable, and not just elsewhere, but in our own country’ Former Senator Chris

[written in 2010] I certainly understand the collective whine coming from us progressives over the "loss" of Senators Dodd and Dorgen. But look, both of them have birthdays in May: Dodd will be 66 and Dorgan 68. When are these guys supposed to retire? We've got the oldest US Senate in the history of forever. Forty-eight US Senators are over sixty-five, and twenty-seven of those are over seventy. [The current number shows 31 Senators over 70.] I don't want anyone to think I'm being ageist here, though I actually think it's an ageist thing on the part of boomers to keep these (pardon th...

Panels. they're not in the health care bill. they're not for old ladies. they're for insolvent banks. bank is put out of business. ceo, executives are fired. the shareholders' equity is wiped out. at that point it may be that the federal deposit insurance corporation -- which has always been our instrumentality for winding down failed banks -- they may have to pay some of the debts to prevent there from being this cycle. but every penny paid out is required by law to be recovered from financial institutions with $50 billion in assets or more. so, yes, if a very large financial institution fail...

Forgotten, many under or unemployed americans very much remember the financial meltdown. it is the lawmakers that seem perhaps to have a case of amnesia. we'll take a short break and when we get back we'll continue our conversation with senators dodd and frank and discuss the increasingly short distance between wall street and pennsylvania avenue. that's next. plus, here is a live look at london where royal watchers and much of the rest of the world await news of the monarchy's youngest royal. while the appetite for all things crown related has never been larger, what about the role and cost...