In high school I was the kid counting down the days, not until I could drive, but until I could vote.
I carried around a battered copy of Molly Ivins’ Nothin’ but Good Times Ahead, and I used it to model a writing style that got me into a lot of trouble then (Too colloquial! Too biased! Your tone is conversational!). She showed me I could write like I wanted to, make an intelligent point, and never have to forsake humor – or emotion.
Losing Ann Richards was tough, but now with Molly gone, where will we get our fair dose of smart, hilarious, liberal diatribes?
She was only 62.
I’m so sad tonight.
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me too
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“where will get our fair dose of smart, hilarious, liberal diatribes?”
I nominate YOU.
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I friend of mine worked with her during her very brief stint in Minneapolis. He asked her about the time in Dallas when her newspaper, the Times-Herald, was shut down. Happened on a Sunday.
Molly said “It was just like those bastards to do it on a Sunday when the liquor stores were closed!”
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