The Times at Ebb Tide

As a native New Yorker and a lifelong journalist, the New York Times has been a lodestar in my life. It is an addiction, a trusted friend, a pain in the ass. I have written for the Times Sunday Book Review. I've had six books reviewed in the Times, for good and ill. Most important, I've worked alongside Times colleagues-especially overseas, and on political campaigns-and found them to be not just first-rate, but extremely courageous in their pursuit of the truth...and boon companions, besides. This is not about them.