As I suspected, the main feature of Helen Thomas’s obituary is her late-in-life intemperate remarks about Israel. While I would agree that just telling Israelis to pack up and get the hell out isn’t particularly practical or constructive advice, I think Helen Thomas is a historic figure whose contributions to journalism and the advancement of woman so far outweigh that incident that it ought to be a footnote rather than the concluding paragraph in her obituary. I hope others do better in documenting and honoring her life.
At least she will never stalk Steven Colbert again, except perhaps in his dreams.
Classic.
