Top New York Times Commenter Enjoys His 15 Minutes of Fame
Bob from Calgary is actually Robert from Edmonton.
University of Alberta professor Robert Summers kicked off 2016 in most unexpected fashion: by authoring an op-ed in Toronto’s Globe and Mail that explains what he meant by his nytimes.com reader comment. His Sept. 10, 2010 contribution to a Paul Krugman article was recently ranked as the paper’s most popular reader comment of all-time.
From the Summers op-ed:
I’m surprised that the comment was so popular, and a bit embarrassed that I hadn’t taken better care to write it more eloquently and accurately.
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