Sunday, March 16, 2003

Paul Krugman

Today, I thought I’d give some links to articles by one of my favorite columnists - Paul Krugman, who writes for the New York Times.

George W. Queeg-3.14.03
A Fiscal Train Wreck-3.11.03
An assessment of our fiscal nightmare with a surprising conclusion
Let Them Hate as Long as They Fear-3.7.03
Is Bush threatening Mexico if it doesn’t support war in Iraq
Threats, Promises and Lies-2.25.03
Krugman asks, with this record, how one argue that the Bush administration should be trusted?
The Martial Plan-2.21.03
The administration shows the exact opposite of the spirit of our finest hour
Behind the Great Divide-2.18.03
The schism between the U.S. press and the press abroad
The Wimps of War-2.11.03
Bush thinks that war is a free lunch, but he’s really just skipping out on the check
A Touch of Class-1.21.03
(Class warfare!)—That cracks me up :)
Off the Wagon-1.17.03
Addicted to deficits
Stimulus for Lawyers-1.14.03
Bush claims he’s against the trial lawyers, but the tax lawyers . . . well, his new dividend tax plan will make him some friends in that community
An Irrelevant Proposal-1.7.03
The abolition of taxes on dividends is just another example of the Bush administration exploiting another crisis
Games Nations Play-1.3.03
Excellent article about Bush foreign policy towards North Korea—Tom Friedman’s got nothing on Paul Krugman!
Every Breath You Take-11.26.02
Instead of improving the efficiency of environmental policy, Bush is scrapping it altogether
For the People-10.29.02
A wonderful article honoring the late Senator Paul Wellstone of Minnesota, one of the few public figures anywhere with true courage and honesty
Dead Parrot Society-10.25.02
This is the best article on the Bush administration I’ve read so far.  It captures their essence and is a great guide to their dishonesty
Business as Usual-10.22.02
The election ain’t even over and Bush is already planning to give special corporate interests everything they want
Springtime for Hitler-10.18.02
As long as something is repeated often enough . . . will George W. Bush understand it?
The Vision Thing-9.20.02
Political pandering and general lack of interest in economic policy in the Bush administration
Cronies in Arms-9.17.02
More on questionable business dealings by Thomas White and Dick Cheney
The Long Haul-9.10.02
The threat of terrorism, which we now know of after September 11th, is a permanent one, and must be addressed with policies for the long-run
The Bully’s Pulpit-9.6.02
The Bush administration uses newspeak and doublethink, and a weak-minded press goes along with it
Just Trust Us-8.30.02
A chronology of lies and excuses by the administration to justify its irresponsible tax cut
Bush On Fire-8.27.02
Krugman debunks Bush’s “Healthy Forests” plan
The Memory Hole-8.6.02
An excellent article with a new language to describe the tax cut’s budgetary consequences
Steps to Wealth-7.16.02
The story of how W became rich
The Insider Game-7.12.02
I smell a news-maker!
Succeeding in Business-7.7.02
More on the Bush accounting scandal
Everyone Is Outraged-7.2.02
Everyone’s got a corporate accounting scandal even Bush
Flavors of Fraud-6.28.02
Tastes like corruption—a must read!
The Reality Thing-6.25.02
Pretty biting criticism of the Bush administration
Plutocracy and Politics-6.14.02
Paul Krugman reviews a doorstop and discusses income inequality potpourri
Evils of Access-6.7.02
The administration is wedded to preconceived ideas, refuses to be held accountable for the resulting mistakes, and therefore repeats its mistakes
Heart of Cheapness-5.31.02
A fabulous article about foreign aid and the sick priorities of the administration
The Great Evasion-5.14.02
The administration is encouraging corporate tax evasion
Window of Ignorance-5.3.02
The federal budget situation is getting worse and worse
Bad Air Days-4.26.02
The Bush “Clear Skies” Initiative includes tradeable permits but excludes carbon dioxide and probably won’t happen for a while—I highly recommend this article to those eager to learn about environmental policy.
The White Stuff-4.12.02
The administration is unwilling to admit its fallibilty, and this country suffers for it
The Third Oil Crisis?-4.9.02
A possible oil crisis could spell BIG trouble for our recovery, and here’s a quick note from Krugman on this subject
At Long Last?-4.5.02
In an encore performance, the administration exploits yet another crisis to promote the Bush energy plan
The Smoke Machine-3.29.02
Krugman discusses Washington’s right-wing scandal machine, why it exists and who funds it
ANWR And Peas-3.15.02
In the Bush administration, good policy = anything that hurts the tree-huggers
Two Thousand Acres-3.1.02
The administration lies with statistics and with everything else they can get their hands on
Ersatz Climate Policy-2.15.02
The word “intensity” makes W.’s greenhouse initiative a complete sham—it’s kinda funny if you think about it
Money-Grubbing Games-2.08.02
Pinnochio Bush lies to New York and the elderly in order to line the pockets of his puppetmasters.  Giupetto better buy an annuity
Crony Capitalism, U.S.A.-1.15.02
The Bush administration does some pretty corrupt (but legal) favors for special interests
Our Wretched States-1.11.02
The Day of Reckoning has now come for our state governments
America the Polarized-1.4.02
Perhaps income inequality explains the rightward shift of the Republican Party
Another Useful Crisis-11.11.01
Critique of Republican legislation in the name of solving a crisis which has nothing to do with the crisis and everything to do with paying back Bush’s wealthiest campaign contributors.  Similar to past articles, but it still makes me mad.  Why isn’t there even a scintilla of honesty or duty left in our elected officials?