re: Helen Thomas, for anyone who wants to keep up with her

[DFW]

Whenever I'm in the DC area, I always have dinner or lunch with Helen, who, as many on DU know, has been
a family friend for over 4 decades. And so I did again last night, along with my brother.

Since she was exiled from the DC press corps, she became, as she described in her own words, "toxic."

Well, she wasn't toxic to those who know her (including at least half who are Jewish) and still appreciate her.

Helen now writes for a small northern Virginia paper, the Falls Church News Press. I see letters to the paper,
and half of them are from progressives, and the other half comes from rabid no-nothing, angry rightist extremists
who look for blogs on which to paste their hate 24/7, it seems.

But Helen has a regular opinion column there (www.FCNP.com) and gets comments posted, but not often enough. I post
replies when I can, but any DUers who wish to follow her writings can do so at the fcnp site. In the restaurant
last night, she was approached by two people who do local TV shows and begged her for interviews (she said OK).
At (almost) age 91, she is still out there, and still has plenty to say, in case anyone here chooses to listen.

*on edit--Falls Church, Virginia, way back at the dawn of time, is actually my home town!