Frank Rich
Frank Rich
Frank Hart Rich, Jr.is an American essayist, op-ed columnist and writer notable for having held various positions within The New York Times from 1980 to 2011...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEssayist
Date of Birth2 June 1949
CountryUnited States of America
night
always on tap, night and day, weekdays and weekends, to laugh, to applaud, to love.
constantly cruel shocked slapping supposedly
The cruel ambush of 9/11 supposedly 'changed everything,' slapping us back to reality. Yet we are constantly shocked, shocked by the foreseeable.
broad brought course fears stands system understanding
Of course most Americans don't know how A.I.G. brought the world's financial system to near-ruin or what credit-default swaps are. They may not even know what A.I.G. stands for. But Americans do make the connection between their fears about their own jobs and their broad understanding of the A.I.G. debacle.
american-journalist good network television
One of the good things about television is that there's such alternatives now to what's often homogenized network entertainment.
american-journalist grew
I grew up in Washington, D.C. But also loving the theater.
account artistry authentic blues floats inside music racism white
This play is a searing inside account of what white racism does to its victims, ... and it floats on the same authentic artistry as the blues music it celebrates.
american-journalist delighted fear imagination lets
While F.D.R. once told Americans that we have nothing to fear but fear itself, Mr. Ashcroft is delighted to play the part of Fear Itself, an assignment in which he lets his imagination run riot.
years moral clinton
Americans have less and less patience for the intrusive and divisive moral scolds who thrived in the bubbles of the Clinton and Bush years.
jobs fun fighting
To me, the fun part of both jobs is to always try to push the discussion and debate forward in some way. The most fun part of being a theater critic for the Times was always to try and champion something that maybe other people didn't like, or that was produced under obscure circumstances or had to fight for its life. And I would say in the column what I try to do is in some ways related in that I'm trying to fight for a point of view. I'm not trying to be a kingmaker in either job, and don't want to be, and shouldn't be.
tuesday politics lasts
The only truly shocking thing about last Tuesday's election is that the Democrats didn't do far worse, or as badly as they deserved.
taken media downing-street
Nation editor Katrina van den Heuvel told me that the failure to adequately cover the Downing Street Memo epitomizes the timidity, the cowardice of a media that has been manipulated, intimidated, bullied by an administration that has taken it to a high level. . lapdog news media.
house three defense
The principal House sponsor (of the Defense of Marriage Act), Bob Barr of Georgia has been married three times--which raises the question of why the act doesn't contain a three-strikes-and-you're-out provision.
divine-right actors stage
The actor doesn't merely command the stage, he seems to own it by divine right.
kings acting endurance
Yul Brynner's performance in "The King and I," . . . can no longer be regarded as a feat of acting or even endurance. After 30-odd . . . Mr Brynner is, quite simply, The King.