Why You Think That Way
May, 2012
Although he says he doesn't "do uplift well," New York Times columnist Paul Krugman strikes me as an optimist {Playboy Interview, March). Year after year, column after column, the economist points out, cogently and civilly, "that a lot of our political culture is completely insane," despite the fact that, as far as I can see, none of the powerful in this country pay any attention to him. If I were him, I'd probably have said to hell with them years ago. Ralph Haygood Durha...