Tag Archives: Paul Krugman

Throwback Thursday: A really dumb argument against Romney

Posted on January 11, 2018 by Thomas Mets

This was something I wrote during the 2012 presidential election, on a criticism of Mitt Romney that was probably forgotten minutes after the think pieces were written. There were legitimate complaints with Romney’s numbers regarding the number of jobs he … Continue reading →

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Politics Round-Up June 28 2013

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Thomas Mets

Eric Posner considers the personalities of the Supreme Court justices, focusing primarily on the conservatives. * Scalia is the only justice who can be a pleasure to read. I like anyone who uses the word “argle-bargle” in an opinion. “Legalistic … Continue reading →

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Newspaper Endorsements

Posted on November 3, 2012 by Thomas Mets

The New York Times has an outdated policy when it comes to endorsements. The various opinion writers are not allowed to explicitly endorse any candidate for office, although it’s pretty clear that Paul Krugman, Maureen Dowd and Charles Blow favor … Continue reading →

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Paul Krugman VS Estonia Part 3

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Thomas Mets

A few days ago, I posted about Estonian President Toomas Ilves’s response to a Paul Krugman blog entry. That was followed by an analysis of the commentary on the subject. Since then, Paul Krugman has made several posts for his blog about … Continue reading →

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Estonia VS Paul Krugman Part 2

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Thomas Mets

Yesterday, Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves got into a twitter war with Paul Krugman. I included as many relevant links as I could find, to preserve it all for posterity’s sake, and for less-savvy relatives and Estonian-American family friends. Now there’s … Continue reading →

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Estonia VS Paul Krugman

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Thomas Mets

My family’s from Estonia, so I’m obligated to pay attention to any news story about this nation with the fraction of the population of New York City. A much circulated piece about Estonia’s financial success in the wake of the global … Continue reading →

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Where Republicans and Feminist Academics Agree

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Thomas Mets

American conservatives tend to have a conflicted response to authority, and that shows in the reaction to the New York Times‘s Truth Vigilante column. Conservatives seem to have a postmodern position, similar to what is associated with several strands of (mostly liberal) academia. … Continue reading →

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Factchecking in a Post-Truth World

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Thomas Mets

Paul Krugman wrote an op-ed piece about how we’re in a post-truth society, essentially because Republicans are able to say nasty things without officially called out for it by the media. So here’s my forecast for next year: If Mr. … Continue reading →

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