KRUGMAN TRUTH SQUAD: In last week's Paul Krugman review, I mentioned the "Krugman Truth Squad" and linked to a Krugman-related column on John Weidner's Random Jottings blog. Donald Luskin has since pointed out that a series of his own Krugman critiques on the National Review Online are also being referred to as the "Krugman Truth Squad".
NOT ALWAYS OBVIOUS: Weblogger Ed Cone says of Lying in Ponds: "Interesting stuff, although even without the complex methodology I had figured out that 'Ms. Ivins shows all the signs of being a very partisan columnist' and placed Ann Coulter at the top of the partisan charts." I agree that some of the top pundits are not unexpected, but some of the leaders have been a surprise to me (Collin Levey and Claudia Rosett last year). I also hear from readers who are horrified that their own favorite villain is not ranked highly. When you actually evaluate every column, you find that frequently-disliked columnists such as Maureen Dowd and George Will actually write quite a few nuanced columns and can sometimes go strongly the other way.
| Author/ Affiliation |
Title/ Date |
words | PI | Partisan References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maureen Dowd New York Times |
Weapons of Mass Redaction 23 July 2003 |
826 | 100 | 1D+: Bob Graham 5R-: Vice President, Vice President, Wolfie, the president, Stephen Hadley |
| Linda Chavez Creators Syndicate |
Firearms in the Capital City 23 July 2003 |
822 | 100 | 4D-: Democrats, Democrats, Democrats, Democrats 4R+: Orrin Hatch, Hatch, Hatch, Hatch |
| Cal Thomas Tribune Media Services |
A pair of aces 23 July 2003 |
732 | 100 | 4D-: Democratic, John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Howard Dean 7R+: Bush administration, President Bush, Bush administration, President Bush, administration, the president, The president |
| David S. Broder Washington Post |
Needed: A Deficit Lecture, Perot-Style 23 July 2003 |
903 | 39 | 6D+: Leon Panetta, Democrat, Clinton administration, White House, Bob Rubin, Panetta 4R+: Republican president, Warren Rudman, Republican, Rudman 5R-: Bush administration, administration, administration, Ronald Reagan, George Bush 2D=, 1R= |
| Clarence Page Chicago Tribune |
What we know about Kobe Bryant's case 23 July 2003 |
873 | 0 | 2D= |
| Collin Levey WSJ OpinionJournal |
Thanks for the Mammaries 23 July 2003 |
767 | 0 | |
| Anne Applebaum Inactive |
Parallel Universes 23 July 2003 |
1001 | 0 | 3R= |
| Walter Williams Creators Syndicate |
We made it 23 July 2003 |
658 | 0 |