Re: In defence of Krugman and against Alexander Cockburn: choice of targets

[andie nachgeborenen <andie_nachgeborenen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Attacking left liberals has been Cockburn's forte.
He's run a long time smear job on Morris Dees of the
Southern Poverty Law Center, a man who has done more
to put the Klan and the Ayran Nations literally out of
business than anyone else, because Dees doesn't live a
life of ascetic poverty, unlike, uh, Cockburn . . . .
Oops, I forgot, Cockburn lives pretty well. jks


--- Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Krugman is very good at what he does. He's a sharp
> polemicist, writes
> very clearly about economics, and annoys the hell
> out of the right.
> No, he's not a radical, or a Marxist, or social
> democrat even. But he
> doesn't pretend otherwise. He's kind of like Anthony
> Lewis, only he
> writes better. I don't see why he provokes this kind
> of hostility on
> the left. Why's he worth the effort? Is it envy?
>
> Given the state of politics today, prominent &
> talented liberals
> should be pretty low on our list of enemies.
>
> Doug


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