The Ryan Budget And The Revival of The Flim Flam Man

Paul Krugman looks at the Ryan budget proposal and he asks whether Ryan will continue to admired by the pundits for being the only serious politician because of his willingness to cut popular social programs. His answer is here in the NYT. His conservative op-ed colleague does exactly that. The NYT has to give equal time to the flat earth society. After all it does look rather flat to most of us.