Novak brain tumor reported
WASHINGTON _ Robert Novak, the popular columnist and commentator, announced today that he is suffering from a brain tumor. Novak, 77, said he was diagnosed yesterday after falling ill while visiting his daughter in Cape Cod.He was admitted to Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and will undergo treatment.
“I will be suspending my journalistic work for an indefinite but, God willing, not too lengthy period,” he said in a statement.
Novak, a long-time columnist syndicated by the Chicago Sun-Times, was perhaps best-known for his work on CNN and host of Crossfire, where he aired his staunchly conservative views. He’s now an analyst with Fox News.
The blunt-spoken Novak has been no stranger to controversy, igniting a firestorm in 2003 when he identified in print Valerie Plame, the wife of an administration critic, as a CIA operative.
Last week in downtown Washington, he hit a pedestrian while driving his black Corvette. He was stopped nearby by a bicyclist and said he hadn’t realized what had happened. The pedestrian, a homeless man, sustained minor injuries. Novak got a $50 ticket.
Mr. Novak - I was sorry to hear the news about your health; despite my feelings about your political stances and activities please let me assure you that I wish you a speedy and complete recovery.
And towards that end, let me make a suggestion. I have heard it said, and it makes sense to me, that sometimes tumors are the result of holding on to toxins, to poisonous stuff that your system really wants to release. Sometimes that means toxic substances; sometimes that means toxic thoughts; in your case I suspect it means toxic information. You are holding on to something, Mr. Novak, some information that you know you should communicate, and holding on to it, frankly, is killing you. I think the best thing you could do for yourself (and for the country, incidentally) is tell everything that you know, while you still possess the ability. Get the guilt and pressure off your mind. Do the right thing. Do the healthy thing.
Best Wishes,
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Skip Mendler
Honesdale PA