Observed » Frank Rich http://doug-stern.com/blog Doug Stern's blog about business writing and marketing strategy Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:27:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 In praise of the liberal arts http://doug-stern.com/blog/2010/06/27/in-praise-of-the-liberal-arts/ http://doug-stern.com/blog/2010/06/27/in-praise-of-the-liberal-arts/#comments Sun, 27 Jun 2010 13:38:04 +0000 Doug Stern http://doug-stern.com/blog/?p=1037 What is it about Frank Rich?  What could he possibly have to say about media and politics and public affairs?

Here’s a guy who has spent most of his career as a film and theatre critic.  A guy who studied American history and literature on his way to his bachelor’s degree.

Not a lawyer, scientist, engineer or big-thinking PhD.  Or any other vaunted professional with *hard* credentials.

Yet, I invite you to read his column in this morning’s New York Times.  Regardless of what you might think about his bias, I bet you’ll finish feeling more respect for Rich’s facility with hard issues.

Rich can navigate the vagaries of Gen. Stanley McChrystal and our war in Afghanistan as easily as the plays of Moss Hart and life in post-WWII New York City.  Rich is an embodiment of what we used to regard as a well-educated person.

Is that because he pursued a liberal arts education?  Probably not…or probably not just because he pursued a liberal arts education.

But it didn’t hurt.

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