Tonight The Sky’s About to Cry
Jan 31st, 2007 at 9:00 pm by Susie
Oh Miss Molly, we’ll miss you so much:
Molly Ivins, the liberal newspaper columnist who delighted in skewering politicians and interpreting, and mocking, her Texas culture, died today at her home in Austin. She was 62.
Her death, after a long fight with breast cancer, was confirmed by her personal assistant, Betsy Moon.
In her syndicated column, which appeared in about 350 newspapers, Ms. Ivins cultivated the voice of a folksy populist who derided those who acted too big for their britches. She was rowdy and profane, but she could filet her ideological opponents with droll precision.
Molly Ivins Dies of Cancer at 62…
Best-selling author and columnist Molly Ivins, the sharp-witted liberal who skewered the political e…
What a sad loss. She was an amazing writer who always saw through the Bushes…and we have the same birthday. I’ll miss you, Miss Molly.
She was one of the country’s finest political
commentators of the last half-century –
funny, incisive, insightful, and thorough.
It’s a shame that she wasn’t granted another twenty
or thirty years to do her work, or just to enjoy life.
Royal Thugs…
THESE ARE NOT ANOMALIES. This is how the police act MUCH of the time. It’s based on the way they see themselves and those who dare to question the authority and might of the State. This questioning can take the……
Wow. That’s weird. It looks like I commented in a completely irrelevant fashion. Yet, I didn’t leave that. Is that a trackback? Did I link to the wrong post? Or did a general trackback to your root URL end up here? I’m baffled.
Anyway, sorry for the OT trackback! Here’s to hearts like Molly’s.