He steps on stage and draws the sword of rhetoric, and when he is through, someone is lying wounded and thousands of others are either angry or consoled.

About Pete Hamill

William Peter Hamillwas an American journalist, novelist, essayist and editor. During his career as a New York City journalist, he was described as “the author of columns that sought to capture the particular flavors of New York City’s politics and sports and the particular pathos of its crime.” Hamill was a columnist and editor for the New York Post and the New York Daily News.

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