'NY Times' Frank Rich Taking Book Leave

[Newsjock]

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001882874

Frank Rich, former theater critic and current Sunday columnist for The New York Times, is taking a leave of absence until at least April to write a book about life in the U.S. since the Sept. 11 attacks.

... "It has no title, it is going to be essentially my take on what has gone on since 9/11," Rich, 56, said. "It is trying to look at how we got from 9/11 to where we are now." He declined to offer more specifics, saying "I still have to write it."

[splat]

1. Nobody's reading him anyway because you have to pay

I wouldn't be surprised if the TimesSelect prisoners find other things to do until the Times comes to their senses. They used to be widely read, quotes and discussed on blogs. Now they're just skipped.

Lock our best people away, that's the ticket. Lose influence quickly. Morons at the top, alas.

[megatherium]

2. I actually paid for Times Select, in part to be able to read him.

I didn't want to end up only reading political opinion that is uninformed third-hand rehashes.

But what really pisses me off is that the Times charges $35 a year to do their crossword puzzles on line. On top of the separate charge for the op/ed columnists.