columnists

Hamilton Nolan · 01/21/14 09:09AM

New York Times columnist Roger Cohen today condemns "Twitter-Bashing Bores," those fellow Baby Boomers who "fail to see that their irritation about Twitter, Snapchat and the rest is in essence irritation at the new." Perhaps his colleagues will read it.

Dear Bill Keller: I Have Cancer. Is That OK?

Robert Kessler · 01/14/14 02:58PM

In the fall of last year, I noticed a lump in my left neck which felt to me like a run-of-the-mill swollen lymph node. When it didn't go away I sought the advice of a doctor. Several months and countless medical tests later, the official diagnosis is stage IV non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Hamilton Nolan · 12/31/13 09:18AM

With a flowery but platitudinous column of cobbled-together homilies on the most hackneyed of subjects ("For 2014, Tweet Less, Read More"), Frank Bruni closes out 2013 in the most Frank Bruni-esque possible way. We'd say "better luck next year," but we're not optimistic.

Frank Bruni Saw a Movie

Hamilton Nolan · 12/10/13 09:37AM

Frank Bruni—who, as a New York Times columnist, holds one of the most coveted jobs in all of newspaper journalism—reveals today exclusively in the paper of record that he saw a movie not too long ago.

Hamilton Nolan · 10/18/13 09:28AM

Sex-obsessed tabloid hatred columnist Andrea Peyser calls for banning books in her column today. Good to see you back in the game, Andrea.

The Stupidest Solution to the "Redskins" Controversy

Hamilton Nolan · 10/18/13 08:56AM

Charles Krauthammer is a conservative columnist with a permanent sourpuss etched into his self-impressed face. He is not a sports columnist, okay? Yet he has managed, quite impressively, to come up with the single most inane solution yet for the "Washington Redskins" name controversy.

Hamilton Nolan · 10/08/13 01:27PM

The New York Times opinion section is adding more than two dozen international contributing columnists, from Kenya to Iran. Thomas Friedman will ask each of them to drive him around in a cab.