I send my anti-columns to him somewhat randomly: since he's not in my
address book at home, he doesn't get any of them written at home. I also
forget sometimes. Is that what you're asking about?
At 05:31 PM 7/24/00 -0400, you wrote:
>You're sending these to PK?
>Do you send the rest of the thread too?
>
>mbs
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 5:18 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [PEN-L:22167] Re: KRUGMAN WATCH: PK vs. RN
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>
>In my anti-column, I wrote:
> > >July 23, 2000 / New York TIMES
> >
> > >RECKONINGS / By PAUL KRUGMAN<
> >
> >In this column, PK turns to consider Ralph Nader, whose presidential
> >candidacy he's been ignoring all along. (For example, when discussing
> >Social Security, only Bush and Gore's opinions are deemed relevant.) I
> >don't quite understand why PK's expertise in economics is needed to do
> >hatchet-jobs on someone's personality, but PK's employers seem to think
> >it's helpful.
>
>Paul Krugman informs me that this sounds conspiratorial, as if he takes
>orders from the editorial board of the NY TIMES.
>
>I apologize, especially since I hate conspiracy theory (it's a
>mind-killer). PK does not take orders from the editors. Rather, it's a
>mutually-beneficial deal between him and the TIMES. They like his political
>perspective and he likes theirs.
>
>Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
