Have you guys heard about Tom Oliphant?

[globalvillage]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=158x4887

Hope he's OK.

[vinessa4freedom]

1. Thank you for posting it in this forum...

I wouldn't have seen it otherwise. I just read the column and sent him a get well e-mail. He sounds like his wonderful wit is with him, so I'd take that as a sure sign he's recovering well.

Thanks again gv!

[rox63]

2. I'm so glad he's recovering

My dad died of a burst aneurysm. Oliphant is a very lucky man to have survived. Sending prayers and positive vibes his way. There are so few real journalists left, and he's one of them. I wonder if Kerry has had a chance to visit him? I know they've been friends since the 70's.

[globalvillage]

3. I was wondering the same.

Very sorry to hear about your dad.

[rox63]

4. Thanks, globalvillage

It's been several years, so the pain of the loss has dulled somewhat. But it never goes away completely. He was only 64 when he died.

[TayTay]

5. Oliphant is a good guy

And is a fair columnist who does his homework. His interview with Kerry at the JFK Library Awards was excellent. I wish him GodSpeed in his recovery and I'm glad to hear him on the Franken Show and to see him writing his column agian.

[whometense]

6. Ahem.

Not to act too puffed up or anything, but I blogged about this in March.

http://toughenough.org/2005/03/tom-oliphant.html

Tom Oliphant

I was wondering where Tom Oliphant's regular Boston Globe columns had gone. I'm late with the news, but fortunately, being late allows me to report that he is recovering nicely after a health scare.

Tom Oliphant, Washington-based columnist for the Boston Globe and a regular on “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer,” underwent surgery last week after suffering a brain aneurysm.

A source said that when Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), a longtime friend of Oliphant, heard the news, he called his health policy staff in and told them to find the best medical care they could for him. Fortunately, a Kennedy spokeswoman said, “it turns out that had it” all along. He was checked in at the well-regarded Inova Hospital in Fairfax.

Oliphant, who is married to CBS News’s Susan Spencer, is said to be doing well.

Tom is one of the good journalists - by that I mean he is a writer who is ruled by reason. I admire him greatly for his thoughtful columns and for his calm.

We wish him a speedy and uneventful recovery.

[vinessa4freedom]

7. sorry whome...

shame on me. I'm guilty--clueless as charged.:spank:

[TayTay]

8. Whome was right

he pointed this out a while ago.

Nice pickup!

[whometense]

9. Thanks, but really

I had noticed his column was AWOL and went hunting for the reason why.

I love Oliphant - partly because of his genuine understanding of who JK is. If only the world would have listened to the words of the people who know him best - Tom Oliphant, Charlie Pierce, Robert Reich, Jim Carroll, etc. we'd be in a different place right now.