Man, this is so weird. Because I am 65, I remember when Lucian Truscott IV wrote for the mostly liberal, often left wing Village Voice. He came from a storied military family and grew rich from his writing (military thrillers). But he was also a Jefferson descendant who invited the Jefferson descendants born from the rape of the enslaved Sally Hemings to Monticello--on the Oprah Winfrey show no less. He acknowledged the racism that infected the Jeffersonian myth. Truscott's current wife, artist Tracy Harris, lost her first husband, Dan Flavin, to diabetes when he was only 63. I shouldn't be surprised anymore when someone who used to have some common sense (and was a REPORTER) decides to give in to the fantasy. But there we are.
Thanks for the history. Despite being somewhat local I was unfamiliar prior to reading the op-ed, other than I was pre-informed in the way I mentioned. It's odd - maybe even beyond being singular in its wish-casting.
Man, this is so weird. Because I am 65, I remember when Lucian Truscott IV wrote for the mostly liberal, often left wing Village Voice. He came from a storied military family and grew rich from his writing (military thrillers). But he was also a Jefferson descendant who invited the Jefferson descendants born from the rape of the enslaved Sally Hemings to Monticello--on the Oprah Winfrey show no less. He acknowledged the racism that infected the Jeffersonian myth. Truscott's current wife, artist Tracy Harris, lost her first husband, Dan Flavin, to diabetes when he was only 63. I shouldn't be surprised anymore when someone who used to have some common sense (and was a REPORTER) decides to give in to the fantasy. But there we are.
Thanks for the history. Despite being somewhat local I was unfamiliar prior to reading the op-ed, other than I was pre-informed in the way I mentioned. It's odd - maybe even beyond being singular in its wish-casting.