Yes Margo I read her column about her mother and was so touched I sent it to a few people. Maureen Dowd often said Mary McGrory (Puliter Prize winner Washington Post) was her mentor - two fabulous women whose writing I can/could (Mary died in 2004) never get enough of- spunky, bright, and oh can/could they write!!! Mary was honored several years ago, National Press Club? and it was televised - Maureen Dowd sort of "roasted" her in one of the most touching speeches I ever heard - funny too! I am sorry I never taped it - Just finished Susan Jane Gilman's autobiography, "Hypocrite in a Poufy White Dress - a LOL book!!! And, of course, I do my paper reading online