Put out the bunting: Amity Shlaes is no longer writing for the FT
October 12th, 2005
Sometimes you do get what you wish for. On September 6 I reached the end of my tether with Amity Shlaes in the Financial Times (not that I ever had much tolerance for her). Now Jurek Martin, a long-time FT mensch (and former cricket teammate of mine), writes in to say she’s gone.
My faith in the FT is restored. Now, about those tired op-ed columnists in The New York Times…
October 13th, 2005 at 1:16 pm
God, I’m so glad someone else agrees with me. What a dope she was. Let’s hope they don’t get Ann Coulter to replace her.
October 16th, 2005 at 2:06 pm
Let’s pray Tyler Brûlé is next for the chop.
October 16th, 2005 at 9:43 pm
We can only hope. But standards are dropping everywhere. The egregious Brûlé had a piece in The New York Times the other day.
October 5th, 2007 at 9:07 pm
Yes, Amity Shlaes is a self-satisfied reactionary, as well as being a torpid writer. I wish ALL publications would dump her!
Michael Blaine
http://www.rudelystamped.blogspot.com
January 26th, 2009 at 11:42 am
[...] Not because they’ve created another angel in heaven, but because today is William Kristol’s last column for The New York Times. It’s almost as much of a relief as the day when the Financial Times got rid of Amity Shlaes. [...]