Molly Ivins - One of the most original journalistic voices to ever cover the shenanigans of the Texas Legislature. Born in 1944, she died of cancer in December 2006. Because sometimes you just have to laugh. Her words and memory live on.
Jim Hightower, Author of Swim Against the Current. Another commentator on Texas politics, with a unique down to earth point of view.
Shere Hite - Author of the Hite Report.
Jessica Valenti - Another Author - look up her titles.
Rachel Kramer Bussel - Huffington Post writer that lands on Alternet.org now and then.
Dagmar Herzog, Michael Levine, Catherine Morrison, Molly Faulkner-Bond.
The pen is mightier than the sword - all of these people are writers. Read and widen your world.
In ordinary life, I'd like to meet people with common interests. I am interested in a lot of things but they aren't very average things. I can't handle CSI or reality TV. Most days I don't even watch the evening news.