About Edward Harrison
Edward Harrison is the founder of Credit Writedowns and a former career diplomat, investment banker and technology executive with over twenty years of business experience. He is also a regular economic and financial commentator on BBC World News, CNBC Television, Business News Network, CBC, Fox Television and RT Television. He speaks six languages, a skill he uses to provide a more global perspective. Edward holds an MBA in Finance from Columbia University and a BA in Economics from Dartmouth College.
The Bob Herbert piece in the NYT about the Obama Administration is right on the button and in every respect: About Washington itself, about Obama and about the Republicans. Herbert is the only – repeat, only – writer at the NYT that deserves public attention. He’s honest and authentic. How he manages to endure the presence of maggots like Thomas Friedman in the same offices, one can only speculate. Here’s a little link concerning a recent experience of Friedman’s that just gushes poetic justice:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/24/thomas-friedman-pie-in-th_n_98367.html
I’ve enjoyed a lot of Frank Rich’s pieces of late. In fact, before this Herbert piece, it was Frank Rich you would see me linking to.