Bono Writing for Times' Editorial Pages Next Year

That's what Times op-ed editor Andy Rosenthal told a Columbia j-school class last night, Radaronline.com's Ben Chapman reports.

The U2 frontman will write between "six and ten" columns next year, and he's doing it ... pro bono.

Other Rosenthal dish from last night:

• He admires the work of The Atlantic's Megan McArdle and The National Review's Byron York
• "Condoleezza Rice is a particularly bad op-ed writer."
• Tom Wolfe writes too long