On Thu, 7 Oct 1999, Trelstad, Derek wrote:

> Tierney, in short, is a putz. He writes a column on Thursday (I read it
> regularly to check the capacity of my arteries, but have made a point of
> remembering nothing about when he writes or the name of his column) and an
> occasion piece for the magazine. He thinks recycling is a waste of time and
> resources, believes that everyone should (and is capable of) pay market rate
> for apartments, denizens of NYC should be allowed to carry concealed
> weapons, historic preservation ordinances are an unfair tax on developers,
> and I could go on forever. In short, I could live without him. I could not
> live without the Streetscapes column by our esteemed colleague and fellow
> BPer Dr. Ivy-l.
>
> Perhaps my "wife" and I are alone in our dislike of Mr. Tierney; in which
> case I will try to keep my ravings to a dull roar. Otherwise, pipe up!! Or,
> are you all reading the tabloids? Dr. Ivy-l -- for obvious reasons -- is
> excused.
>
> Sign me,
>
> Grumpy.
>
> Oh, did I mention my mental image of Tierney is somewhat dwarfish.

Ah.  I'm not sure if his column makes it out here to the provinces.  In
any case, I've seen little of the Times this past year; we gave up home
delivery and invested the savings in baby food.

Besides Herbert Muschamp, already discussed, my least favorite Times
columnist is A. M. Rosenthal, Radovan Karadzic's best friend in NYC.
Rosenthal's world view seems to be that Muslims (and anyone willing to
talk with Muslims) are always in the wrong no matter what the
circumstances.

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