Alex Cockburn (was Re: If the shoe fits...)

Stephen E Philion philion at hawaii.edu
Fri Sep 18 19:42:53 PDT 1998


They drank and gambled? Gasp!! Steve

On Thu, 17 Sep 1998, James Farmelant wrote:


> Concerning Alex Cockburn, while I have long enjoyed
> reading his commentary I do think that he has a certain
> nihilist streak in him probably inherited from his father
> Claud.
>
> BTW I suspect that few of Alex's US readers are aware
> that his father was a cousin of the right-wing, Catholic
> novelist Evelyn Waugh. Apparently despite their great
> differences in their political and religious views, Claud
> and Evelyn got along rather well, sharing passions for
> drinking and gambling.
>
> Jim Farmelant
>
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