Dogfight at the Paper of Record

Rarely do columnists from the same paper go after each other like this but Paul Krugman and David Brooks are slugging it out on New York Time Editorial page. It all started when Krugman pointed out that Reagan had employed racially divisive rhetoric and tactics in his 1980 election campaign. Brooks took umbrage at this and accused of agitprop those that would make such arguments. Krugman, by then sufficiently baited, destroys Brooks. The Carpetbagger Report has the more detailed version of events. Suffice it to say, Krugman’s is a pen not to be trifled with.