There is the mainstream press and then there was Molly Ivins, who always swam against the tide, and who died January 31 at 62 after a brave battle with breast cancer. Molly was... well, rather than tell you what Molly was--others throughout the land have done that--why don't we just show you? Herewith, from our own pages, a Molly Ivins sampler:

"The bill to make English the Official State Language came to naught, which is just as well since we'd have had to deport the entire state leadership if it was passed. Clements [the governor of Texas]...said he knows the N.C.A.A. has a hard task and he 'commensurates' with 'em and he hopes they 'secede.'"    (August 15/22, 1987)

"Former Congressman Tom Loeffler is now the Reagan Administration's new point man...for lobbying on aid to the contras. Loeffler...is the guy who thinks you get AIDS through your feet, as we learned when he wore shower caps on his while on a trip to San Francisco, lest he acquire the disease from the bathroom tile."    (August 15/22, 1987)

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