"It occurred to me, in California in June and in Atlanta in July and in New Orleans in August, in the course of watching first the California primary and then the Democratic and Republican national conventions, that it had not been by accident that the people with whom I had preferred to spend time in high school had, on the whole, hung out in gas stations." -- Joan Didion
Friday, February 17, 2012
A Terrible Loss
The New York Times reporter Anthony Shadid, who wrote one of the smartest and most careful books about the war in Iraq, has died while on assignment in Syria. He lived well, with courage, integrity, and decency.
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