Molly Ivins hadn't written a column in a few weeks, her page at Creators Syndicate cited health issues. I didn't know she'd been fighting breast cancer for third time.

I'm very saddened to say that we're going to have to suffer through the last two years of the Shrub presidency without her. But I can tell you, this week in the hereafter, the place to hang is wherever Molly and Ann Richards are holding court.