John Tierney (journalist)

John Marion Tierney (born March 25 1953) is a journalist who has worked for the "New York Times" since 1990.

Tierney writes a science column, "Findings", and a blog, [http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/ TierneyLab] for the "Times". He was previously a columnist on the Op-Ed page (2005-6) and wrote a column about New York, "The Big City", that ran in the "New York Times Magazine" and the Metro section from 1994 to 2002.

Tierney identifies himself as a libertarian, and has become increasingly identified with it. He wrote columns critical of rent stabilization, the war on drugs, Amtrak and compulsory recycling. His article "Recycling Is Garbage" has the dubious distinction of breaking the "New York Times Magazine"'s hate mail record. [http://www.reason.com/news/show/33320.html]

Tierney started his journalism career as an undergraduate at Yale University, where he was editor of the "Yale Daily News" magazine. He went on to work for newspapers (the "Bergen Record" and the "Washington Star") and magazines (including "Science 86", "Health" and "Discover")."

He and novelist Christopher Buckley co-wrote the best-selling comic novel, "God Is My Broker", a send-up of financial and spiritual self-help books (Random House, 1998). He also wrote "The Best-Case Scenario Handbook", a parody of the popular "Worst-Case Scenario Handbook" series.

Tierney dated another current "New York Times" columnist, Maureen Dowd, when they both worked at the "Washington Star". [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/04/AR2005110401996_pf.html]

ee also

* The Simmons-Tierney Bet

External links

* [http://select.nytimes.com/packages/khtml/2005/09/19/opinion/20050919_TIERNEY_FEATURE.html "Meet John Tierney"] , "New York Times" biographical video interview
* [http://www.nytimes.com/ref/opinion/tierney-bio.html Biography from the "New York Times"]
* [http://www.reason.com/interviews/tierney.shtml Sept. 14, 2005 interview with "Reason" magazine]

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