Posted on October 4, 2009, 10:50 pm, by Devon, under
Politics.
Another great column by Paul Krugman in the NY Times:
…the modern conservative movement, which dominates the modern Republican Party, has the emotional maturity of a bratty 13-year-old.
But more important, the episode illustrated an essential truth about the state of American politics: at this point, the guiding principle of one of our nation’s two great political [...]
Posted on August 7, 2009, 11:47 pm, by Devon, under
Politics.
I could not agree more with Paul Krugman’s latest NY Times column:
There’s a famous Norman Rockwell painting titled “Freedom of Speech,” depicting an idealized American town meeting. The painting, part of a series illustrating F.D.R.’s “Four Freedoms,” shows an ordinary citizen expressing an unpopular opinion. His neighbors obviously don’t like what he’s saying, but they’re [...]