Jesse Helms' Economist Obit

re: Jesse Helms' Economist Obit

Jesse Helms was a man that stuck to his upbringing and refused to see the world any other way, which can oftentimes be expected of someone his age. He was abrupt, discourteous, and uncompromising, but he also did a lot of good in his time on this earth. I will agree that it's a shame a man like that was so involved in our media and government and allowed to cloud the minds of everyone he came in contact with, but at least he owned his prejudice. It was not unheard of taking into account the time period.

Overall, I think the obituary is fair and even further, I believe it is probably how he would have wanted it. He wasn’t ashamed of saying what he thought, which is admirable in some sense.