From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE… Friday Molly Blogging Happy birthday this Sunday to the late, great Molly Ivins---born August 30, 1944. She left us eight years ago, but her Texas sass has lost none of its bite. With the ten-year anniversary of hurricane Katrina upon us, I thought this year I'd post some of her observations from 2005 as the disaster unfolded: Happy birthday, Molly. Sept.