Helen Thomas

Last Thoughts on Helen Thomas: American Icon – Part II

“Kings, queens & presidents––they were all just people to Helen Thomas”
Family, friends and former colleagues of veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas gathered together inside of the National Press Club building in downtown Washington, D.C. on Saturday, October 5, 2013 for a memorial service held in her honor.
Speakers for the event included Sam Donaldson, Judy Woodruff, Susan Page and Diane Ladd, among others.

“BFP Exclusive- Last Thoughts on Helen Thomas: American Icon – Part I”

Our Collective Duty is Very Simple: We Must Never Forget
By Mark Mondalek
Helen Thomas was a patriot.
“You have to believe in something,” she once told me, “Believe in democracy.”
Patriotism is, of course, a relative thing. Shamefully, it has almost become a dirty word these days, increasingly harbored by those who take the word of the government as though it were scripture; those who behave permissive of the Washington war machine; don’t doubt, don’t ask why.

Helen Thomas (1920-2013)

Helen Thomas, who died yesterday at 92, was ready for business in the front row of the White House briefing room this day in August 2006."How the hell do they expect us to believe that?"-- a favorite aside of Helen Thomas during White Housepress briefings, as remembered by CBS News's Bill Planteby KenI'm happy to see how positively Helen Thomas is being remembered -- more positively, prob