The photo above is from The Nation, one of our premier
progressive publications.
I Remember Molly
John Nichols pays tribute to the warmest-hearted populist ever to pick up a pen: Molly Ivins, who died Wednesday at the age of sixty-two. If anyone picked a fight with the powerful, she was there, writing with passion, humor and unbridled joy...
The photo above is from the Houston Chronicle.
Molly Ivins dies of cancer at 62
Jan. 31, 2007, 8:02PM
By KELLEY SHANNON Associated Press Writer
© 2007 The Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas — Best-selling author and columnist Molly Ivins, the sharp-witted liberal who skewered the political establishment and referred to President Bush as "Shrub," died Wednesday after a long battle with breast cancer. She was 62.
Ivins died at her home while in hospice care, said David Pasztor, managing editor of the Texas Observer, where Ivins had once been co-editor...
The quote I like best is the one from Truthout:
Molly Ivins, 1944-2007
Wednesday 31 January 2007
Syndicated political columnist Molly Ivins died of breast cancer Wednesday evening at her home in Austin. Molly's enduring message is "Raise more hell."
People die all the time. Certainly, as a physician, I've become somewhat inured to the whole concept. For various reasons, though, I cannot brush this one off. I find myself thinking, back to childhood, of how my father used to play albums from Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger. When I was small, I thought it was just ordinary American folk music. It was many years later that I realized I'd been exposed to some serious protest themes.
I wonder if that could have anything to do with this blog...
Molly Ivins was an inspiration to us all. It is a terrible loss. There is one consolation: she lived long enough to see the beginning of the end of the Bush dynasty.
Comments
Sigh. Deep sigh.
Posted by: Ahcuah | February 1, 2007 12:09 AM
a courageous light has left the world, i agree.
Posted by: drcharles | February 3, 2007 1:39 PM