Monday, September 27, 2004
A troubling possibility
Your humble author usually cannot stomach a Paul Krugman column. After years of telling libertarian and conservative friends that Krugman was the man to read regarding economic policy, a well-balanced liberal, he obtained a New York Times column and threw his credibility into the trash. Now the “lonely voice of truth in a sea of corruption” is almost comical in his good guy/bad guy accounts of American politics. He seems to have come across politics in his late 40s and become shocked, shocked that politicians are deceptive.
Having said that, when your favorite Aunt e-mails a column (NYTimes registration required) to you, you read it. Even if your favorite Aunt is a Trotskyite. Even worse: the column is partisan yet coherent.
Rest assured that it is riddled with Krugman’s usual witless commentary (see “Mr. Bush's infallibility complex”) and arguable statements. But Iraq is a mess, Bush has not articulated a plan, and if Kerry actually sticks to this argument for more than a week Bush could be in trouble.
Having said that, when your favorite Aunt e-mails a column (NYTimes registration required) to you, you read it. Even if your favorite Aunt is a Trotskyite. Even worse: the column is partisan yet coherent.
Rest assured that it is riddled with Krugman’s usual witless commentary (see “Mr. Bush's infallibility complex”) and arguable statements. But Iraq is a mess, Bush has not articulated a plan, and if Kerry actually sticks to this argument for more than a week Bush could be in trouble.
