Microblog 2008-10-13

by Walter Olson on October 13, 2008

  • Don’t kvetch about Krugman Nobel, it’s for his work in economics not his politics [Cowen, MargRev] #
  • “Law Grad Cited for Frivolous Suits is Source of Obama Muslim Rumors” [ABA Journal] #
  • Garrison Keillor reads a poem on product warnings [Point of Law] #
  • Last will and testament, handwritten on a shopping list [Giacalone] #
  • Fast, fast relief from troublesome teens, just drop ‘em in Nebraska [Houston Chronicle] #
  • Michael Arrington: “suing someone to get them to return your calls is not exactly a sign of brilliance” [TechCrunch via Blawg Review #181 at Mediation Channel] #

Tagged as: , , ,

{ 1 trackback }

Microblog 2008-10-30
10.31.08 at 12:03 am

{ 4 comments }

1 Diane Levin 10.14.08 at 6:36 am

Thanks so much for the link to Blawg Review #181 — glad you folks enjoyed Arrington’s quote via TechCrunch.

2 Reformed Republican 10.14.08 at 8:39 am

Batman costume will not enable you to fly.

Well, duh. Batman could not fly. That was Superman.

3 MF 10.14.08 at 7:45 pm

I still wonder whether Krugman would have won had his nomination and work been submitted entirely anonymously or under a pseudonym. The Nobel committee voters sure do love Bush bashers and anyone promoting a liberal cause.

4 Deoxy 10.15.08 at 10:45 am

I still wonder whether Krugman would have won had his nomination and work been submitted entirely anonymously or under a pseudonym.

As I understand it, there are 2 conditions to receive a Nobel:

1) worthy achievement in the field
2) not obviously conservative (with the occasional exception if one’s contribution in 1 is just ridiculously good)

That is, outspoken liberalism is not really that big a deal compared to the general population, but outspoken conservatism is a huge negative.

So, yes, I think Krugman would still have gotten it. A better question would be, would he have gotten it if his political commentary was on the other end of the epctrum (raving reality-challenged righty instead of raving reality-challenged lefty)?

Comments on this entry are closed.