Most male reporters, it turns out, take a more frugal approach to hair care

Washington Monthly, Jan-Feb, 2003 by Susan Threadgill

Most male reporters, it turns out, take a more frugal approach to hair care. The Washington Post's Lloyd Grove spends a mere $12 at a Bethesda, Md., barbershop, where he often sees columnists George Will and William Safire. The Hoover Institution's Bill Whalen, who took potshots at Kerry in National Review Online, spends only $14 in a Stanford, Calif., mall.

Of his $15 hairdo, George Rush of the New York Daily News told us, "It's much cheaper than the senator's, but it probably doesn't look as good." The Washington Times' Tony Blankley, though, shares Kerry's appreciation of a good trim--so much so that he uses the same stylist. Writing in his column, Blankley says Goetz is well worth the price: "She is a gifted artist, making even the top of my old, fat head shimmer and glisten like a Hollywood starlet's."