From Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Best-selling author and columnist Molly Ivins, the sharp-witted liberal who skewered the political establishment and referred to President Bush as “Shrub,” died Wednesday after a long battle with breast cancer. She was 62.

 

It’s a sad day.  She was an American icon, a Will Rogers-esque political commentator, and — back in the day — she and Ann Richards tore up Austin.  Maybe they’re both able to drink, joke and smoke in heaven just like the old times.  I hope so.