One of the reasons I like reading Paul Krugman is that he can hit the nail on the head in very plain language:
To me — and I’m not alone in this — the sudden outbreak of deficit hysteria brings back memories of the groupthink that took hold during the run-up to the Iraq war. Now, as then, dubious allegations, not backed by hard evidence, are being reported as if they have been established beyond a shadow of a doubt. Now, as then, much of the political and media establishments have bought into the notion that we must take drastic action quickly, even though there hasn’t been any new information to justify this sudden urgency. Now, as then, those who challenge the prevailing narrative, no matter how strong their case and no matter how solid their background, are being marginalized.
Come on my media friends. Stop the groupthink. This is so much like when I covered pro sports. If one of the big papers had it, you (meaning your smaller paper) had to report it too.
Read his full column here before you have to pay for it.
Squeezing in a little “fun” time
It’s been a valuable learning experience. The scary part is I’m actually enjoying the command line. I’m considering dropping a GUI interface on top to use from time to time.
It’s fitting in nicely to our all-Mac home network. Well for me it’s fitting in nicely. I don’t think the rest of the family gives a flying FTP. I still haven’t decided exactly what I’m going to use it for beyond a dev box for some of the web stuff I’m doing. I’ve read a little about using it as a media server (iPhoto and iTunes primarily). I don’t really need it as a backup solution.
But it’s been a lot of fun dusting it off and taking it for a test run.
What’s up next? Playing with Virtual Box, free from Oracle, and creating multiple VMSs. I’ve got a WindowsXP VM set up that’s not screaming, but actually has been useful in testing various browsers.
Yes, I’m letting my geek flag fly.