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I remember reading a Nat Hentoff column re being a 1st Amendment absolutist in break room at my min wage high school job & thinking "wow." / @Nick_Hentoff/817903366382776320
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Later, when I started writing about civil liberties and executive power for The Boston Globe, he used to call me up from time to time /2
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The voice on the phone would boom "This is Nat Hentoff!" He complimented my stuff, sometimes wanted me to send him a clipping etc /3
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which was exciting for me, because of that high school inspiration moment. But also hard, because he didn't use email or a web browser /4
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R.I.P. Nat Hentoff, who inspired me when I was young. /5