Indeed. First I read of him were some of his articles on stuff he wouldn't work with. There's a passage in his article on dioxygen diflouride (AKA FOOF) that would sound delightfully wicked read in the voice John deLancie.

Brilliant writer!

Agree. I didn't know who he was until I heard him in a piece of On the Media from WNYC and was immediately struck by how reasonable he was.

Truth. The best thing about the pandemic is that it somehow brought his column to my attention.