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#8 Frank Rich

The New York Times

Frank Rich has been an op-ed columnist for The New York Times since 1994, when his 13-year reign as chief drama critic ended. More information


A proud liberal, Rich writes with verve, humor, and industrial-grade vitriol. His columns typically target the right, whether it’s the Bush White House, congressional Republicans, or conservative pundits. But he has expressed deep disappointment with Democrats, including President Obama, using the same rhetorical weapons. Perhaps as a holdover from his years of theater criticism, Rich frequently focuses on the different styles of politics.

As a theater critic, his unsparing takedowns earned him the nickname "The Butcher of Broadway." In 2003, he turned his cleaver on The Passion of the Christ. In the face of accusations of making a terrible film and being an “unambiguous anti-Semite,” an outraged Mel Gibson demanded Rich's "entrails on a stick."

Frank Rich on Bush Legacy

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May 16, 2009
Bush Legacy

Obama Can't Turn the Page on Bush

Until there is true transparency and true accountability, revelations ... will keep raining down drip by drip, disrupting the new administration's high ambitions.
January 10, 2009
Bush Legacy

Eight Years of Madoffs

While our new president indeed must move on and address the urgent crises that cannot wait, Bush administration malfeasance can’t be merely forgotten or finessed.
January 3, 2009
Bush Legacy

A President Forgotten but Not Gone

Even the banality of evil is too grandiose a concept for 43 ... He is smaller than life.