An incisive examination of the world's most respected paper, Behind the Times tells the story of changing Timesian values and of a new era for the paper—a tale of editorial struggles, star columnists and critics, institutional self-importance, and the political and cultural favorites of the Times...
She used her “Public & Private” column on the Op-Ed page to attack directly the editors of the Times. Specifically, she criticized the editors’ treatment of Patricia Bowman, the woman who had accused William Smith of sexual assault in the “Palm Beach rape case.” Quindlen wrote that the Times’...