John Tierney

John Marion Tierney is a journalist who has worked for the New York Times since 1990.

He writes a science column called Findings and maintains the TierneyLab blog, which takes a contrarian view on science and society.

Tierney identifies as a libertarian and is known for his critical stance on various issues, including rent stabilization, the war on drugs, Amtrak, and compulsory recycling.

His 1996 article "Recycling Is Garbage" broke the New York Times Magazine's hate mail record.

Tierney's work is guided by the principles that popular ideas aren't necessarily correct, but that's a good working theory.