The '' Times '' moved Lewis to London in 1964 , where he was bureau chief with responsibility for broad coverage of politics , culture and , in the words of one editor , " ballet , music , Glyndebourne , la-di-da London society , diplomacy , the British character , you name it " . He moved to New York in 1969 and began writing a twice-weekly opinion column for the '' Times '' . He continued to write these pieces , which appeared under the heading " At Home Abroad " or " Abroad at Home " depending on his byline , until retiring in 2001 . Though wide-ranging in his interests , he often focused on legal questions , advocacy of compromise between Israel and the Palestinians , and criticism of the war in Vietnam and the apartheid regime in South Africa . On December 15 , 2001 , his final column warned that civil liberties were at risk in the U.S. reaction to the September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Anthony Lewis