BITTERSWEET WEEK: I've been wondering how Mary McGrory has been doing since illness stopped her column in the spring. News comes from her cousin, Brian McGrory, who writes a column for The Boston Globe. He calls Ms. McGrory "Simply the best" (again, thanks to Henry Hanks for the link!):
I raise these points because in the amazing journey that is Mary McGrory's life, this is a bittersweet week. Tomorrow night, in New York, she will be given the John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism, but amid the laudatory words and the applause a sad reality will come clear. Mary fell ill in March, and eight months later she's yet to fully recover. Barring a breakthrough, she's probably written the last of her syndicated columns, ending one of the most important, colorful, and enduring newspaper careers that the American public has had the pleasure to read.
An account of the award ceremony, which includes further details on her health, appears in this morning's Washington Post. The Post also offers an address for anyone who wishes to write to Ms. McGrory.
| Author/ Affiliation |
Title/ Date |
words | PI | Partisan References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Jacoby Boston Globe |
In Reagan's footsteps on Iraq policy 13 November 2003 |
1062 | 94 | 1D-: Democrats 28R+: Reagan, PRESIDENT of the United States, George W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, Bush, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Bush, Reagan, Ronald Reagan, Bush, Reagan, Reagan, Bush, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Powell, Reagan, Powell, Powell, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan, Bush, the president 2D= |
| Maureen Dowd New York Times |
Their Master's Voice 13 November 2003 |
890 | 87 | 1D+: Charles Rangel 25R-: Dick Cheney, Republicans, vice president, White House, President Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Rummy, vice president, vice president, Cheney, Cheney, Cheneyworld, Cheney, Cheney, vice president, the president, Rumsfeld, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, vice president, Bush, The president, the president 1D=, 3R= |
| Cal Thomas Tribune Media Services |
Three strikes and you're broke 13 November 2003 |
768 | 50 | 1R+: Republican 1R= |
| Jim Hoagland Inactive |
Repeal the Tariffs on Steel 13 November 2003 |
963 | 0 | 4D=, 26R= |
| John Fund Inactive |
The Bloom Is Off 13 November 2003 |
916 | 0 | 4D=, 20R= |
| George F. Will Washington Post |
Dean: Opting Out . . . 13 November 2003 |
929 | 0 | 3D+: Dean, Dean, Dean 4D-: Dean, Howard Dean, Dean, Feingold 1R-: McCain 13D=, 4R= |
| Thomas L. Friedman Inactive |
A Saudi-Israeli Deal 13 November 2003 |
837 | 0 | 1D=, 2R= |
| Thomas Sowell Creators Syndicate |
Free-lunch medicine 13 November 2003 |
760 | 0 |