Edward Harrison is a senior Editor at Bloomberg. He is also the founder of Credit Writedowns newsletter, a former career diplomat, investment banker and technology executive with over twenty five years of business experience. He speaks six languages and reads another five, skills 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:
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:
https://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.