Godzilla vs. Tinkerbell: Grieving the loss of Dallas News editor and writer Mike Hashimoto | Grigsby
So why, a few hours before Mike died early Monday, was I at the hospital bedside of this unconscious hulk of a man — letting him go in peace even as I wanted to beg him for one more fight.But this improbable journey — from foes to frenemies to the best of buds — needs to be shared. If Mike and I could learn to listen to and learn from one another, maybe this world isn’t as doomed by today’s enraged divide as it seems.
He regarded Ronald Reagan as the greatest president of modern times and believed the greatest threat to America was “lazy liberal thinking.” That became possible only because we decided to give each other a second chance or, more accurately, a thousand second chances.Mike Hashimoto in 2017 with 18-year-old Carl, the last survivor of his and Jacquielynn Floyd's first litter of "boys."
I helped him get beyond his almost perverse pride in unyielding viewpoints. He might even have admitted once or twice to being wrong.As an editor, Mike had guided many young reporters to excellence and shepherded more than a few old ones into producing some of their best work.Out of the blue, in 2014, Mike suffered a sudden spinal cord injury and crippling back stenosis.
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