More Depressing News But At Least It's Not About The FaceBook Movie

Op-Ed Columnist - Hey, Small Spender - NYTimes.com: "But if they won’t say it, I will: if job-creating government spending has failed to bring down unemployment in the Obama era, it’s not because it doesn’t work; it’s because it wasn’t tried."

And a notable comment:

"For years Krugman has heroically, and patriotically, attempted to explain our deepening predicament using reason, facts, analysis and logic. But these cut no ice with a large minority of the American people, who prefer guns, bibles and political charlatans. It's striking that his penetrating, relentless and beautifully-written columns no longer attract even token argument from the right. It's thisl imbalance, this total lack of normal debate between the 2 sides, that depresses one most. It's like watching a game of tennis between Nadal and a frog, with the frog winning".