If the shoe fits...)

James Farmelant farmelantj at juno.com
Sat Sep 19 07:51:45 PDT 1998


Alex Cockburn, himself, is reputedly quite fond of the high life.

Jim Farmelant

On Fri, 18 Sep 1998 16:42:53 -1000 Stephen E Philion <philion at hawaii.edu> writes:
>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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