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The Daily Beast picks the top offerings by the nation’s columnists, from Frank Bruni’s keen deconstruction of Trump to Ben Boychuck’s lamentation of the American educational system.
Errol Louis is the Political Anchor of NY1 News, where he hosts "The Road to City Hall," a nightly prime-time show. In 2012, he was named #45 on the list of the 100 most powerful people in New York City politics.
Before joining NY1, Louis was a Daily News columnist from 2004 to 2010, writing on a range of political and social affairs and serving on the paper’s editorial board. He also hosted a weekday talk show on AM1600 WWRL and was named the city’s Best Columnist & Radio Show Host by the Village Voice in 2010. He is a CNN Contributor and teaches reporting at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism.
Louis is co-editor of Deadline Artists, a two-volume anthology of America’s greatest newspaper columns. He lives in Brooklyn.
A Neglected Art Form
The Daily Beast picks the top offerings by the nation’s columnists, from Charles Blow’s first-rate prose to Roger Cohen’s elegiac tones to Mary Schmich’s artful misdirection.
Beyond Politics
President Obama’s briefing about the Trayvon Martin outcome proves Americans are--and have been--ready for a new kind of race discussion. Errol Louis writes.
Silence
It’s time to stop being afraid that we’ll offend someone and have a blunt, rational discussion about racism.
The latest plan to cure New York’s culture of corruption may only make matters worse, writes Errol Louis.
Clear and Present Danger
Mass shootings like Oak Creek, Wis., argue for a 2009 report warning of military vets becoming extremists to be dusted off—and a domestic antiterrorism unit reorganized, says Errol Louis.