Tobin Harshaw, Columnist

Kimmel Mocks, the Saudis Talk and Warsh Is a … Sock?

One of life’s greatest lessons is that it can pay to be a good listener. Too few are actually hearing it.

May 3, 2026 at 12:00 PM UTC

Tobin Harshaw is a Bloomberg Opinion senior editor and columnist on national security and military affairs. Previously, he was deputy editor at the op-ed page of the New York Times and the newspaper’s letters editor.

For a hearing, there wasn’t a lot of listening going on. — For a hearing, there wasn’t a lot of listening going on.
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My wife and dog were away this week, so artificial intelligence was the only audience left. That was its suggestion, anyway.