Star quality trumps all else
Dennis Duggan
Former Newsday Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Dennis Duggan joined Newsday
It came as no surprise to me when I read yesterday's
straight-faced news stories that Irish rock star Bono was on the short list of
candidates to head the World Bank.
Still, I called Dublin and asked one of Bono's close pals if this was some
kind of joke.
Sam Smyth, an award-winning columnist for the daily Irish Independent and
host of a popular radio talk...
