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RIP William Safire

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by 2muchcoffeeman, Sep 27, 2009.

  1. trifectarich

    trifectarich Well-Known Member

    Ditto. It's a must-read every week.
     
  2. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member


    Then, the receptionist should have said, "We don't do any favors for Nixon toadies" and hung up.

    "On Language" was a helluva column, though.
     
  3. finishthehat

    finishthehat Active Member

    Not to piss on the dead, but Safire went a bit off the deep end during the Clinton era with that language column -- basically took every wild rumor/pseudo-scandal about Clinton as a peg to examine some alleged new word or phrase that arose from it.

    Stephen Sondheim called him on it (I think he used the term "near-pathological") in a letter that Safire, to his credit, printed in his column, admitting it was "a good hit."
     
  4. Boomer7

    Boomer7 Active Member

    Sondheim vs. Safire would have been a fun debate.
     
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