I meant to post this earlier, but Paul Newman has died. You’ve probably read this already, but I had to mention it because Newman was one of the great actors of any generation, starring in a list of films that is shocking for its depth, breadth and quality.
Newman embodied a variety of personalities on screen, from “Bad Boy to Rebel to Used-Up Guy on the Hustle,” as The New York Times said in a headline appraising his career.
He also was a political activist.
A politically active liberal Democrat, Mr. Newman was a Eugene McCarthy delegate to the 1968 Democratic convention and appointed by President Jimmy Carter to a United Nations General Assembly session on disarmament. He expressed pride at being on President Richard M. Nixon’s enemies list.
Here is a powerful piece he wrote on nuclear weapons.
RIP, Mr. Newman. You left the world a better place.
Hank Kalet 