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Media a big help to debt-limit loonies
Interesting blog yesterday by Paul Krugman, a bit edgier than his op-ed columns, sparked by his gloomy conclusion that “the cult of balance, of centrism” is hurting the country more than the cult of...
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Obama offers new spiel, but no New Deal
It was excessively generous of Paul Krugman to describe Barack Obama’s jobs plan as “bold,” given the fact that it’s long-overdue and just happens to coincide with the start of Obama’s re-election...
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On lies and the lying liars quoted in the NYT
I was going to post a rant regarding an insipid New York Times story in which Wall Street types were asked to comment on the Occupy Wall Street movement. Thankfully, NYT columnist Paul Krugman beat me...
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Even Forbes Magazine sees the light
Paul Krugman wrote Monday that we’re “on the cusp of an energy transformation, driven by the rapidly falling cost of solar power.” Then I happened to see this piece from Forbes, which actually...
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Debunking Mitt’s most recent big lie
The corporate media in a nutshell: The well-known double-talker Mitt Romney makes dubious statements meant to undermine another candidate’s credibility. Reporters write a story that leaves the dubious...
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Krugman, to his credit, states the obvious
The NYT columnist ruffled George Will’s feathers on “This Week”: … “I have a structural hypothesis here,” [Paul] Krugman told ABC’s Christiane Amanpour Sunday. “You have a Republican ideology, which...
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Austerity measures = medieval bleeding
Millions are protesting in Britain, and it’s no wonder — the government is making an already sick economy even sicker. Paul Krugman provides a good analogy. More here. Bookmark It
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Correction, Paul — Mitt is a villain
I’m glad Paul Krugman took a moment Friday to link Oliver Stone’s 1987 movie Wall Street to Mitt Romney’s presidential candidacy, but I’m wondering why the columnist pulled his punches rather than go...
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Why didn’t Obama get it?
Companion piece to “Obama apologist bingo”: Did he really think the bailed-out banks — the banks that caused the crash — would lend the sort of money needed for massive re-employment projects? More...
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NPR’s new goal – be ‘fair to the truth’
A new ethics handbook released by National Public Radio seems to indicate the network is reacting in a positive way to persistent criticism of its “he said, she said” approach to the news. According to...
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