Adam Cohen

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Adam Cohen is an American journalist and assistant editorial page editor of "The New York Times". Cohen is a lawyer and author, with a particular interest in legal issues, politics and technology. Before joining the Times editorial board in 2002, he was a senior writer at Time Magazine, where he wrote about the Supreme Court, Internet privacy and the Microsoft antitrust case, among other topics.

Prior to entering journalism, he was an education-reform lawyer, and a lawyer for the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Alabama. He is the author of "The Perfect Store: Inside eBay" and co-author of "American Pharaoh: Mayor Richard J. Daley, His Battle for Chicago and the Nation"." A native of Manhattan, he is a graduate of the Bronx High School of Science, Harvard College and Harvard Law School.

External links

* [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/19/opinion/19sun4.html "The Founders Had an Idea for Handling Alberto Gonzales"] by Adam Cohen, Editorial Observer, "The New York Times", August 19, 2007
* [http://www.nytimes.com/ref/opinion/editorial-board.html List of all current members of "The New York Times" editorial board, with capsule biographies]
* [http://www.lettersonpages.com/?p=14 The Perfect Store Book Review at Letters on Pages]