The Resume

(July 2, 1967- )
Born in Newark, New Jersey
MSNBC contributor
Writes for The Washington Post's PostPartisan blog
Editorials writer of the New York Daily News (2002-04)

Why he might be annoying:

He advised and wrote speeches for Michael Bloomberg.
He has feuded with Cornel West over the latter's criticism of President Obama.
He and his husband were married by former U.S. attorney general Eric Holder.

Why he might not be annoying:

He received a BA in political science from Carleton College.
His 16-month editorial campaign to save the famed Apollo Theatre in Harlem earned him and the board the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing in 1999.
He has moderated sessions at the Atlantic’s Washington Ideas Forum and for the Connecticut Forum.
He has conducted analysis on how conservative identity politics affect state-based policy in the US, such as gun rights in Missouri and health care in Tennessee.
He married his boyfriend of five years, whom he met when he was the assistant chief of protocol at the State Department.

Credit: BoyWiththeGreenHair

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Allegedly Gay Men
• BoyWiththeGreenHair’s Profiles [Series 17]
• Cornel West Doesn’t Like Me
• Huge Eye Wear
• I Attended the Women’s March in Washington D.C. [January 2017]
• I Married in 2017
• I Married Someone of the Same Gender
• I Spoke at Politicon
• Mediaite's 75 Most Influential in News Media [2021] (Ranked: 70)
• News
• Newspaper Journalists/Editors/Publishers
• Profiles 49838-50000 (Ranked: 49915)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 65 Votes: 32.31% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 18 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 48 Votes: 66.67% Annoying