![]() ![]() Lindsey Hilsum avoids the traps of pop psychology or attempting to reduce the enigmatic and remarkable Marie Colvin to a set of motivations or insecurities. One of the most difficult things in the world to write is a biography of a complex and larger-than-life personality, which is surely who Marie Colvin was. ![]() The first thing you will notice is that it is gripping, enthralling, and compelling, a story well-written and excellently told. The American President has taken his stand against free expression, so now this book is more important than ever. Free expression and brave reporting (speaking truth to power) are a hallmark of our Western values, no more so than in the United States, where it is enshrined as the First Amendment to the Constitution and cannot be abridged even by a democratic majority. Know that you will be “doing well” by giving them one of the most important and well-written books of these times, and you will be “doing good” by focusing attention on what I call the Global War on Free Expression that has picked up steam in the last several years. And gift it to your friends for Christmas or any other occasion. ![]()
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