The Best Stories You've nEver Read #18

He is right more often than most columnists. He is on the cutting edge of the great issues of our time. But he may also be the least influential, least read scribe in the stable of New York Times columnists. In a provocative essay, T.A. Frank of Washington Monthly asks "Why Is Bob Herbert Boring?" His answer is interesting, incisive and says more about today's media audience and our times, than it does about Mr. Herbert, who should keep on keeping on.