John Tierney to replace William Safire as NYT Op-Ed writer

[Viking12]

By THE NEW YORK TIMES

Published: March 2, 2005


ohn Tierney, a longtime reporter for The New York Times, was named yesterday as an Op-Ed page columnist for the newspaper. His column will appear twice a week beginning in April.

Mr. Tierney, 51, joined The Times in 1990, and has been a general assignment reporter, a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine and a columnist. His column about New York, "Big City," appeared for eight years, first in the magazine and later twice a week in the Metro section. Last year he wrote the weekly "Political Points" column during the presidential campaign.


Mr. Tierney is the author of "The Best-Case Scenario Handbook" (Workman Publishing, 2002), a book of humor, and a co-author, with Christopher Buckley, of "God Is My Broker: A Monk-Tycoon Reveals the 7½ Laws of Spiritual and Financial Growth" (Random House, 1998), a comic novel.

The appointment of Mr. Tierney comes a month after William Safire ended his Op-Ed column after 32 years.



http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/02/business/media/02announce.html?ex=1110430800&en=832630eb5fe5e768&ei=5070

[leveymg]

1. Safire had his moments in the reality-based community.

Particularly when he accused * of taking the powers of a dictator upon himself with passage of the Patriot Act.

Bill was a conscientious conservative.

[dave123williams]

2. "God is My Broker" is one of the funniest books I've read in a long time..

...and, I think it would make a hell of a good movie...