He had many things to say in his essays throughout his career; and just a handful would be worthy of any writer's legacy. He had razor wit; and prescient observations a hundred times a handful. The man oozed intellectual confidence - a Mark Twain for the 20th Century. In watching his many recorded conservations and debates, one could start to feel that a person that took an opposing stand on any current event just had their hands over their eyes, ears and mouth.
How could you not love a man that coined "The United States of Amnesia" in describing our nation's collective personality?
If I had been responsible for an obituary, however, I would credit him with the singular observation early that Harry Truman's true legacy would be the fact that the National Security Act was created and passed under his Presidency; and as a result the United States remained at a heightened military state after World War II.
We have been mired in it's grip for almost 70 years.