The fraternity of syndicated columnists is extremely small, once filling a single page in a book called "The Capitol Source." The number who actually can make a living at it is smaller still.
Bob Novak was unusual in many ways. He wrote his column with a partner, the late Rowland Evans, which is extremely rare and no one else currently does it. He came up at a time before cable TV and before all-news radio stations when people read the newspapers to find out what was going on.
Novak was known for being well-connected in Washington, but not many may know that in recent years he was welcomed into the Roman Catholic church. Novak was a descendant of Russian Jews and was famous for a tough exterior through which few could penetrate. But apparently God got through! In an interview with journalist Barbara Matusow published in Washingtonian magazine last November, Novak spoke of that conversion and the peace it had given him. His last words in that interview were "pray for me." I suspect many did and today one trusts those prayers have been fully answered.
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