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Boxscore 10 permanent link Monday 3 May 2004 11 Boxscore MALLABY UP-TO-DATE: Over the weekend I finished evaluating all of 12 Sebastian Mallaby's weekly columns for this year. Just as the last time he was a 13 regular columnist in 2002, Mr. Mallaby writes about a wide range of issues with intelligence and without a trace of partisanship. Her column yesterday was 21 another attack on Norman Mineta, and her second crossover column in a row. Mineta is a Democrat, but as a member of the Bush Cabinet, negative references to him count as negative Republican references. I promise that I'll explore the issue in some depth next week. And as 22 Dave Barry would say, "Mineta Vendetta" would be an excellent name for a rock band. Again, Romenesko has a 26 collection of links to relevant articles. MICHAEL KELLY AWARD: Anthony Shadid of The Washington Post 27 has been named (link via Romenesko) as the first recipient of 28 the Michael Kelly Award. So far though, the O'Reilly factor has been non-existent -- he's currently ranked 35 29th out of 33 in the rankings, right next to the unquestionably non-partisan 36 David Broder. O'Reilly certainly leans Republican, but he has displayed two traits that the more partisan pundits rarely show -- he's written several mostly non-political columns on cultural topics, and he's dished out some substantive criticism of his own party. With the remainder of 2004 likely to be dominated by the presidential election, there are ample opportunities for Bill O'Reilly or other pundits to ramp up the partisanship, but I suspect that Mr. O'Reilly has an independent streak which will continue to keep him out of the Lying in Ponds Top Ten. I was assuming that his comment was serious, and I contrasted Mr. Krugman's view with others who suggested that he was instead descending into paranoia. Reader Janus Daniels writes that I missed the joking context of the remark: Just noticed disturbing slip on your site; Fortunately, you directly link, but with all the links, how many people click through? To be honest, I am quite happy I don't have to earn my living out of writing and to still have an academic career. This way I can take totally different risks than a regular journalist. I don't have to rely on good access to the White House so I can allow myself not to please everybody. KRUGMAN: What it is peculiar is that, when I arranged my column with the New York Times in Fall 1999, I actually thought I would provide good-tempered comments on the specifics of the New Economy. Instead of that, I find myself once again the lonely voice of truth in an ocean of corruption. I sometimes think that I will end up one day in one of those cages in Guantanamo Bay laughter . MIRROR: Professor Krugman, we thank you for this interview. Krugman was joking about ending up in a cage in Guantanamo rather than about being the lonely voice of truth; Daniels elaborated in a subsequent e-mail: Humor has formal structures. In the Krugman quote, you can see setup, punchline, release (SPR). Notice that, without the setup, the punchline has no punch. I could go on, but I already need to apologize for writing so heavily about such light remarks, and so humorlessly about humor. More importantly, if Krugman had gone delusional, it would show more pervasively, and gain more notice, even from his cohorts. Coulter, by contrast, got herself fired by the National Review. Her last column was published in The Washington Post on March 16, 2003, and she retired at the end of that year. She seemed to know everyone in politics, and in many other fields, besides. The New York Times also remembers her with an 55 editorial. Coulter criticizes Senator Specter mostly for behaving as a Democrat (a "Donkey trapped in elephant's body") and in the context of boosting his more conservative "great Republican" opponent. Still, a genuine crossover by one of the titans of partisanship is a momentous event. Coulter's negative Republican references from 3 to 20 and dropped her score a few points, into second place behind 61 Paul Krugman. Senate as a Republican and having served in the Reagan administration, I can hardly be viewed as non-partisan. However, I never hesitate to criticize Republicans when I think they are wrong (President Bush when he was wishy washy on the issue of racial preferences, Trent Lott when he spoke approvingly of Strom Thurmond's run for presidency as a Dixiecrat) or to give Democrats credit when I think they are right (most recently Joe Lieberman and Dick Gephardt for their votes on funding Iraq rebuilding). I head an advocacy organization-- which promotes colorblind equal opportunity and opposes racial preferences in hiring, contracting, and college admissions-- but write about other issues as well. Unlike some liberals, Paul Krugman comes to mind, I don't pretend to be a disinterested, objective analyst but an advocate for a conservative point of view. Linda Chavez I have not belonged to any political party since 1972, when I was a registered Democrat. Thomas Sowell Ken - I dislike labels when applied to myself. Have supported and criticized Bush, Reagan, Carter, etc. Cal Thomas Syndicated Columnist/Fox News Contributor 65 permanent link Archives * 66 April 2004 * 67 March 2004 + 68 Victory on Columnist Corrections + 69 Krugman 400 + 70 Krugman in the 90's * 71 February 2004 + 72 Check My Work + 73 Changes for 2003 * 74 January 2004 + 75 The O'Neill Affair as a Scandal Case Study + 76 Good Correction, Bad Correction, No Correction + 77 Pulitzer Pariah/Consistent With What? Krauthammer Caught Doctoring Quotes + 82 DeLong's Second Question + 83 DeLong's First Question * 84 November 2003 + 85 DeLong Defense + 86 Paul Krugman 2001 + 87 The Economist * 88 October 2003 + 89 Coulter 2002 + 90 How Partisan is Robert Scheer? NYT + 108 Degrees of Negativity + 109 Six Month Reviews * 110 June 2003 + 111 Spinsanity on Coulter, Scheer + 112 Coulter Takes the Lead!
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