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In a few days, we will celebrate Thanksgiving. How can that be? Just yesterday, I was taking down Christmas lights and gearing up for another year. Time doesn't just fly. It zooms by, the days tumbling over each other in a...
Politicians might fulminate and readers might complain, but Ivins rose to defend the state of being opinionated: "There is no such thing as objectivity. . . . I actually think it is pernicious as a goal."
My editor flipped through the new book about iconic Texas journalist Molly Ivins that I'd carried to him like a dog with a bone. Before her death in 2007, I was a huge Ivins fan. “Does anybody still care?” he asked. “And what...
Sarah Palin's book-signing event next month in Sioux Falls already is expected to be huge. There's a long list of must-do's for those wanting to get the former vice presidential candidate's autograph on their copies of "Going...
News Type: Other — Seeded on Sat Nov 14, 2009 11:07 AM EST The turning point in Molly Ivins's life, suggest the authors of this biography, may have been the motorcycle accident that killed her college boyfriend, Hank Holland....
The highways of Texas used to be the envy of most other states even while we lagged behind in providing other amenities to our residents. Our good highways prompted the late columnist Molly Ivins to dub the Lone Star State...
BUZZFLASH GUEST COMMENTARY by Bill Berkowitz If Bill Robinson gets his way, Wakita, Oklahoma, a small town near the Kansas border consisting of 380 residents, will be the home of the first all-Christian prison in the U.S....
It is still too early for concrete results, though. And those responsible for electing him are hurting the most Following a spate of hate crimes against gays in Dallas and Houston in 2000, the late Molly Ivins asked the Texas...
Columnist Molly Ivins left rich documentation of her life, and the result is an illuminating portrait. Review: Long before she grew famous for challenging the right-wing status quo, Molly Ivins worked at the Minneapolis...
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is honoring Bob Armstrong and Andrew Sansom for their critical roles in Texas acquiring what is now the Big Bend Ranch State Park near Lajitas. The celebration including a dinner in...
