Bono's New NYT Column

It's a surprisingly effective mix of pretentious and pointless; a first-year journalism student trying to impress his professor, with overtones of "look at the cool people I've met". Not that I'm in any position to throw stones. I'm no more a professional writer than Bono is, and at least he can brag about being a millionaire superstar because of his writing (albeit of a completely different genre of writing). I guess we should just look at the bright side. If the Times is going to give away columns to every celebrity with delusions of depth and eloquence, Maureen Dowd is going to start to sound a lot more thoughtful and sophisticated by comparison.