Molly Ivins RIP
I missed the news that Molly Ivins died while I was in Mexico.
For a tribute by Ralph Nader entitled:
"Kickin’ Ass is Fun"
The Good Fight of Molly Ivins
see http://www.counterpunch.org/nader02052007.html
The article begins thus:
If writers, who lasso injustice and give light to justice, lift up our standards of fair play, then on January 31st, the nation suffered a genuine decline. For Molly Ivins lost her seven year battle with cancer and joined what her friend Bill Moyers called "that great Purgatory of Journalists in the Sky."
Author and columnist syndicated in 400 newspapers, Austin, Texas-based Molly Ivins skewered pompous politicians, raked over corporate criminals and spotlighted the struggles of regular folks against the repressions and maraudings of the Big Boys and their Big Power.
