Thank You, Ms. Thomas

in her usual front-row seat, 1986              Frank Johnston/the Washington Post

An ode of sorts to the formidable and inimitable Helen Thomas, often called the dean of the White House press corps, who died on July 20. It was written in 2003: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Grand_Inquisitor.html
   Great opinion piece by Katrina vanden Heuvel about Thomas and the importance of an independent, gutsy press (column, link to slideshow): http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/katrina-vanden-heuvel-helen-thomass-legacy/2013/07/22/f630fb74-f2f0-11e2-8505-bf6f231e77b4_story.html