Category Archives: My NY Times Comments
Parallels Americans should draw from Greece | Economics on Blog#42
Paul Krugman’s post in reaction to the Greek referendum Continue reading Parallels Americans should draw from Greece | Economics on Blog#42
On ad hominem attacks and Paul Krugman’s op-ed on Europe’s many disasters
Some commentators seemed to be eliciting ad hominem attacks on Paul Krugman from me. I don’t do that. Continue reading On ad hominem attacks and Paul Krugman’s op-ed on Europe’s many disasters
Answering an #NYT reader on Millennials being as racist as their parents | #Statistics on Blog#42
A New York Times reader asked this in a comment on Paul Krugman’s op-ed “Slavery’s Long Shadow:” Continue reading Answering an #NYT reader on Millennials being as racist as their parents | #Statistics on Blog#42
Thanking Oliver Sacks | Blog#42
My thanks to one of the finest humans of our generation.
Paul Krugman: Trade and Trust | Postscript to my comment | NYTimes | Blog#42
Curated below are my comments and replies from New York Times readers, followed by an excerpt of Paul Krugman’s May 22nd op-ed. Since the publication of this op-ed, the U.S. Senate has passed the legislation that enables the fast-track of the TPP in Congress. The legislation is now, quite ironically, in the hands of none other than Paul Ryan. Continue reading Paul Krugman: Trade and Trust | Postscript to my comment | NYTimes | Blog#42
My comment on #Douthat’s #Obama the Theologian
I’m still thinking about the brouhaha that stemmed from our president’s talk at the National Prayer Breakfast, and I appreciated Ta-Nehisi Coates‘ take on this column by Ross Douthat. I thought I’d curate it, along with my comment. Continue reading My comment on #Douthat’s #Obama the Theologian
My Comment on: Bigger Than Immigration | NYTimes
NOV. 23, 2014
Don’t let yourself get lost in the weeds. Don’t allow yourself to believe that opposition to President Obama’s executive actions on immigration is only about that issue, the president’s tactics, or his lack of obsequiousness to his detractors.
Continue reading My Comment on: Bigger Than Immigration | NYTimes
Postscript to my comment on: Lori Tharps: The Case for Black With a Capital B
November 19, 2014
PHILADELPHIA — I WAS sitting in my office at Temple University when I overheard an exchange between a colleague and his student. The student had come to see her professor to go over a paper, and he was patiently explaining that the abundance of grammatical mistakes detracted from her compelling content. I sympathized with my colleague as he pointed out error after error. Until he came to this one.
“Why did you capitalize black and white people?” he asked. “I thought I’d seen it written that way before,” the girl stammered. “Come on,” he said. “Why would you capitalize black or white?”
Continue reading Postscript to my comment on: Lori Tharps: The Case for Black With a Capital B
Letter to the Editor: Re-elect Governor Cuomo? Other Voices | NYTimes
OCT. 21, 2014
To the Editor:
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, one of the party’s most visibly and blatantly neoliberal leaders, is the embodiment of everything that is wrong with today’s Democratic Party.
Continue reading Letter to the Editor: Re-elect Governor Cuomo? Other Voices | NYTimes