Steve Bodio adds: “And it [i.e. the

Kirk Douglas movie LONELY ARE THE BRAVE] was based on a novel by Ed Abbey,

who is often claimed by the radical enviros. Though to be fair ‘Cactus Ed’

was more complex than that. He defended guns, was an adamant foe of illegal

immigration (which lost him friends on the left) and was good friends with

at least one notorious Palaeo-Con friend of mine, a guy who makes you and I

look — well, not liberal, but moderate. An interesting character, and a

hell of a movie!”