Friday, February 02, 2007

Molly Ivins: R.I.P.

I was so sad to hear of columnist Molly Ivins' death, from breast cancer, this week.

Ivins was one of those writers who could make me laugh out loud, sometimes in embarrassing places like waiting rooms and crowded bookstores. I generally agreed with her politics, but I think that even if I didn't I would have appreciated her ability to express her opinions with both wit and a genuine affection for the persons and institutions she regularly skewered.

Ivins has over the years authored so many great quotes that it's hard to pick just one to post here in memoriam...so instead I'll direct you to a wonderful collection of them, right here .

Rest in peace.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi I also am Lutheran (California variety, if there is such a thing) Esp. enjoyed the link to Molly Ivin -isms. I will also miss her. Gail

Bag Lady said...

Thanks for the link. I will so miss her -- she was truly extraordinary, and I always read her column. Laugh out loud on the el? Oh, yeah.

Anonymous said...

this just broke my heart. i so admired miss molly. she was a great human being and a kicka@@ woman.