Goodbye
February 1st, 2007
Molly Ivins has died.
So sad. Such a great writer and an inspiring woman.
I can’t remember how I was first exposed to Molly Ivins, but I’m guessing it was through my mother. Was Ivins syndicated back in the 80’s? Maybe it was her first book. I don’t know exactly when I first became aware of her, or started reading her, but I was probably a teenager. A teenager being raised by a politically vocal mother who drove around with an “ERA Yes” bumper sticker on her car in the late 70s and early 80s. A teenager forming her own liberal views. Ivins writing was perfect narration to the way I was beginning to see the social climate and our political leadership. And a fearless female voice that I would quickly learn was a rare find in mainstream media.
It is possible to read the history of this country as one long struggle to extend the liberties established in our Constitution to everyone in America. - Molly Ivins
