Word: columnist
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...pleased that columnist Joe Klein mentioned BBC interviewer Jeremy Paxman in his article on Tony Blair's election campaign [May 2]. Paxman's pointed questioning of Blair about the Iraq war is exactly the kind of journalism that politicians hate: relentless pressure for direct answers. Over the years several interviewees have actually walked out of sessions because of Paxman's rigorous approach--the kind of tough-style journalism that the U.S. media need to adopt. They are far too deferential to U.S. politicians and let them get away with misleading answers. It would be a joy to see Paxman grill...
Wilsey's parents' divorce is not a quiet family matter. Owing to the couple's wealth and status (his father is a dairy tycoon, his mother a society columnist), the details are splashed all over their hometown San Francisco newspapers. Not long after, his mother tries to enlist her 11-year-old son in a suicide pact. With preternatural calm, the boy resists. The incident, however, does not leave him unharmed. With both parents too self-absorbed to offer stability or guidance, Wilsey, an editor at the literary journal McSweeney's, careens among boarding and reform schools, a journey...
...taught by University President Lawrence H. Summers and Bass Professor of Government Michael J. Sandel (who is—incidentally—Friedman’s college friend from their years as undergrads at Brandeis). In the wider world, Friedman is a high-profile New York Times columnist and a trained scholar on Middle East affairs. He established himself as the leading popular commentator on globalization with his 1999 work “The Lexus and the Olive Tree,” which deservedly garnered acclaim for its accessible synthesis of globalization’s diverse effects and far-reaching...
George Hicks, a columnist for The Record, HLS’s weekly paper, warned his peers not to be surprised if they heard a “loud, grinding sound.” That, he explained, would be “the glass ceiling sliding back downward another couple feet...
...Shaughnessy, a columnist with The Boston Globe who regularly covers the Red Sox, has observed the transformation of front office operations around the game and does not see it reversing course any time soon...