Ivins on the Texas Observer

Hollister Free Lance: "I think of my years at The Texas Observer, 1970 to 1976, the way some folks think of their college years: a happy, golden time, full of sunshine and laughter and beer. No one who has ever worked for the Observer made much money at it, but we never thought money was particularly important at the Observer. We liked to root for the good guys and nail the bad guys. Nailed quite a few of them, too - ask Ben Barnes. Lyndon B. Johnson used to cuss “those Observer boys” somethin’ awful - even when the boys were girls. "

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