First We Take Manhattan

Julian Sanchez | March 1, 2005

Gen-u-ine libertarian John Tierney will be taking the spot on the New York Times op-ed page recently vacated by sporadically libertarian-ish conservative William Safire. Sweet.

Comments

Gary Gunnels|3.1.05 @ 5:36PM|#

...then we take Berlin!!!

|3.1.05 @ 5:47PM|#

hey maybe i'll read a NYT again after all

|3.1.05 @ 5:49PM|#

It's a start, but I'd like to have more influence on the front page content. Even bringing back to 'neutral' would be a monumental achievement.

Franklin Harris|3.1.05 @ 5:50PM|#

Hell, it's been years since Safire was even "sporadically libertarian-ish."

|3.1.05 @ 5:55PM|#

He looks creepily familiar.

Did Kirk Douglas illicitly sow his seed somewhere around County Cork back in the day?

|3.1.05 @ 5:58PM|#

Tierney's a good choice -- not a conservative replacement, but an interesting writer from a relatively under-represented point of view. By all accounts Tierney was the front-runner for the job, so I'm not surprised, but I am glad to see that he intends to base his columns on some firsthand reporting -- both because his reporting work has been quite good and entertaining, and also because there's a sore lack of real reporter-editorialists these days.

Anon

Marie|3.1.05 @ 6:02PM|#

Ah yes, the position for which my father (unsuccessfully) recommended me via email to the Times. Not that he lacks objectivity or anything. Sorry, Dad! Better luck next time.

|3.1.05 @ 6:21PM|#

He looks creepily familiar.

I was thinking Patrick Macnee, who played John Steed on the old Avengers series.

fyodor|3.1.05 @ 6:42PM|#

I'm with you there Stevo, separated at birth for sure!!

|3.1.05 @ 11:53PM|#

Improvement for sure.

|3.2.05 @ 11:05AM|#

Nice Leonard Cohen reference....keep those song-lyrics-for-column-titles headers comin'.

|3.3.05 @ 1:12PM|#

At last, the Old Gray Lady is good for something besides its crossword puzzles.