Paul Krugman Interview

[autographedcat]

I don't do politics very often, and maybe I should, but sometime in my late 20s I lost my stomach for it. On the other hand, this is important stuff. As Mike Peterson pointed out once, "To see people dismiss "politics" as a topic no more compelling than golf or the latest sitcom is very frightening. It's like someone walking across a superhighway but casually saying that they aren't interested in automobiles so they don't bother to look."

So take a moment of your time and read this interview with NY Times columnist Paul Krugman which appeared in Kevin Drum's blog CalPundit.

Don't skip it. Cause, y'know, this is important stuff.

Comments

Hmmm...

[snowy.livejournal.com]

I have a love/hate relationship with politics. I hate politics. I hate the fact that the game is all about stretching the truth as far as you can, and attacking the other side to make them look worse than you, instead of trying to make yourself look better than them.

I read that interview... and it bothers me about as much as Rush Limbaugh does. The other side is always this vast evil conspiracy hell-bent on destroying our way of life. I prefer not to believe that. People who are that shrill are often focusing in so narrowly on a few things that they never, ever get the big picture.