On Tim Geithner

Apologies to regular readers for my recent absence: I'd been rushing to finish a piece on Treasury Secretary Geithner, which is in this week's issue of the magazine. I knew the article would spur some controversy, and so it has proved. The Web is full of comments suggesting that I am part of an orchestrated effort to burnish Geithner's reputation, a Wall Street tool, and/or an ignoramus. I'll be talking more about the piece in an online conversation tomorrow, but for now I just want to make a...