He is still contributing to the Times?? I worked at the NY Times in the 1990s in a financial job. My friends and I used to refer to him as “Howell Bigot” because of how he patronized black employees, and this was before the Jayson Blair incident. We could all see it then. I was not surprised when I heard about the Jayson Blair incident. Only surprised that it was reported.
He is from the George Wallace (D) Alabama era.