The death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy last week has rekindled discussion of political dynasties.

Current members of the House and Senate whose family members have served in Congress

Members of Congress whose siblings or siblings-in-law have also served

Members of Congress whose cousins have also served

Members of Congress with various degrees of grand and great - grandparents, grandchildren, grand aunts and grand uncles

Members of Congress whose nieces, nephews or uncles have also served

Members of Congress whose parents or children who also served

Members of Congress whose spouses have also served

At the funeral of brother Sen. Edward M. Kennedy Saturday, Jean Kennedy Smith was praised as “a sister everyone in the world would love to have in (her) devotion.”

Maybe one day soon, the voice of your car’s GPS system will sound like a confused bum gargling marbles.

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy attracted the best and the brightest.

Dominick Dunne, who did for crime reporting what Hunter S. Thompson did for political chronicles, might have found delicious irony in the timing of his own death.

Wall Street appeared to approve of President Obama’s nominating Ben S. Bernanke to a second term.

After a long battle with brain cancer, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy died Tuesday at age 77.