January 31, 2007

Molly Ivins

R.I.P. to Molly, who had the sharpest wit of any columnist I've ever read and aimed it at the people who deserved it most. She died of inflammatory breast cancer Wednesday at 62.

I don't remember when I first read one of her columns. I do know it wasn't in the Texas Observer (many many tributes at that link), since I've never seen a hard copy of the magazine. It must have been a syndicated column in one of the local papers, back in the 70s or 80s. She had a gift for describing a politician and the scene he inhabited better than almost anyone else. Here's a compilation of some of her best quotes.

I'll miss her.

Posted by Linkmeister at January 31, 2007 08:06 PM | TrackBack
Comments

I'll miss Molly too.

Posted by: Serge at February 1, 2007 03:59 AM

I first read her column in the Progressive Populist, which, I think, Jim Hightower owned, but maybe not. I got a free trial subscription that kept coming for quite a while. I remember being afraid to throw them out, since my father wouldn't have approved if he'd seen them, so I hid them under my bed.

I didn't agree with her often, but there was an elegance to most of her sniping that I appreciated.

Posted by: Andrew Shimmin at February 3, 2007 09:08 AM