From The $10,000 Question by John Tierney, The New York Times, Aug. 23, 2005:
After reading his prediction, quoted Sunday in the cover story of The New York Times Magazine, that oil prices will soar into the triple digits, I called to ask if he’d back his prophecy with cash. Without a second’s hesitation, he agreed to bet me $5,000.”
Whatever happened to the good old days when only ‘citizen journalists’ baited The Times?
—Matt Haber