William Safire, Civil Libertarian

The media critic Dan Kennedy, who was a huge Safire fan without generally sharing his politics, compiles a list of Safire's civil liberties writing.

Link via Kennedy's Twitter feed. Reason on Safire here.

Comments

[Attorney]

I expect to see some love from the press. Otherwise, I will only be forced to conclude that there really is a liberal media bias.

[Syd Henderson]

Sad to see him go. He was the token conservative in my hometown newspaper when I was a kid, and I enjoyed reading him although I’m a liberal. Loved his language column. He also wrote a pretty good book about his experiences serving the forces of evil in the Nixon Administration.