In Memoriam

Syndicated American columnist Molly Ivins holds the Lifetime Achievement Award for 2005 she received from the International Womens Media Foundation, in New York. Best-selling author and columnist Ivins, the sharp-witted liberal who skewered the political establishment and referred to President Bush as “Shrub,” died Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007 after a long battle with breast cancer. She was 62.

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