“For six years, the trenchant columns of Molly Ivins have raised Cain on the Commentary page of this newspaper,” her obituary writer in the Chicago Tribune noted. “ In that too-brief span of time, not one of the many fine writers who share that real estate infuriated so many Tribune readers--or won the adoration of so many others.
“When her column didn't appear, the former group had a good blood-pressure day, and the latter group suspected that, yep, it finally had happened: A newspaper that had twice endorsed the American president she most loathed had squelched her column. The great right-wing conspiracy had caught up with Molly.”
It was death that finally caught up with Molly on Wednesday, but she went down swininging. In her last column, she told her followers:
"We are the people who run this country. We are the deciders. And every single day, every single one of us needs to step outside and take some action to help stop this war."
We have gathered a page of links where you will find more quotes from Molly, her last column and an archive of others, tributes and obituaries. Click on the headline to go to the page in our Commentary section.
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