connecting*the*dots

Steve Gilliard passed away today after a long recovery battle following open heart surgery.

If you weren’t a reader of The News Blog, let me give you a sense of Steve’s voice.

He wasn’t a fucking apologist.

Steve took a concrete position on practically every issue that came across his desk, and more often than not he was spot on, bulldozing double-talk, bullshit policy and spin across the board.

I never met Steve in person, yet it feels like I lost a close friend today.

You’ll be missed, Steve.