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Old 09-28-2009, 04:53 PM   #1
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One of the greatest writers of the past 30 years died last night at a hospice in Maryland.

William Safire, writing for the NYT Op-Ed section died last night of pancreatic cancer. Safire originally wrote for the Republican's in the Nixon Administration and moved on to the NYT as their 'token Republican' on a liberal editorial staff. He wrote all the way up to the last 30 days of his life.

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Old 09-30-2009, 06:56 AM   #2
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Old 10-02-2009, 01:26 AM   #3
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writers. Republicans. It just isn't that hard to get it right.

Calling Safire one of greatest writers is way over the top. Come on, can you name any of his books?

But he wrote a very entertaining language column and he wasn't a snob. He never took the attitude that a new word or expression was inherently bad.
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I loved his "On Language" columns in the NYTimes Magazine every sunday.
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Though I was 'way far away from Safire politically, he had a way with words. Also, even when I disagreed with his columns, they were reasonable in tone, not the irrational hate-filled screeds that seem to be passing for conservative thought these days.
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Calling Safire one of greatest writers is way over the top. Come on, can you name any of his books?
That was my immediate thought, exactly. He was a newspaper writer, essentially. Kind of a cool one, but "greatest writers" is really pushing it.
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Anyone who wins a Pulitzer is great in my book ( and not my fiction one). May he rest in peace.
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