Tag Archives: 'krugman'

• Currently Reading

  I finished reading the Krugman book yesterday. I was on the train, and it was windy. Krugman laid out several arguments against the Bush administration’s failings on economic issues, however, reading them in 800-word columns didn’t tie everything together that nicely. It’s sort-of like me publishing a book of my blog entries. On second thought, [...]

• GOP

  It is only fleeting, but it is a nice feeling… Today’s G.O.P. is, after all, very much a minority party. It retains some limited ability to obstruct the Democrats, but has no ability to make or even significantly shape policy. — Paul Krugman, today. But they will return; like moths to a flame.

• Currently Reading

  Former CIA operative Robert Baer feels that the real terrorism threat lies in Iran, and that the unwillingness and political weakness in Washington and the impotence at the CIA are the reasons that America remains unsafe; after reading his story, it is hard not to see that Baer makes a strong argument. On to my [...]