Jack Anderson Remembered

"Jack Anderson was born in Long Beach, California, on 19th October, 1922. Two years later his family moved to Utah, the stronghold of the Mormon Church. Anderson was brought up in Salt Lake City and his journalistic career started at school when he began writing for his local newspaper, The Murray Eagle. At eighteen he joined the Salt Lake Tribune but left the job to become a Mormon missionary in the Deep South."

"Jack Anderson retired from journalism in July, 2004. He died at his home in Bethesda, Maryland, of complications from Parkinson's disease, on 17th December, 2005."

This was one of my favorite journalists in days gone by. Though he only retired in '04, I'd heard nothing from or about him for several years. This site gives an overview of his life.

Back in the '60s and '70s when I was growing up, he help form my thirst for what was really going on behind the scenes in politics. Simply growing up during that period, it was hard not to be interested anyway. I miss his style, especially these days when we need more poeple like him.

Uh oh, I'd better stop here, as I feel a rant coming on, and I don't want to do that on this blog, [Warning; shameless self-promotion approaching] preferring to save my tirades for my other blog:
Another Brick In The Wall