Categorical Aperitif

In yesterday's column, the Krugmeister briefly reviews the connection of free-market ideolatry to "Big Shitpile" and closes with some thoughts to which I dearly, dearly, dearly wish the Democrats would pay attention:

Given the role of conservative ideology in the mortgage disaster, it’s puzzling that Democrats haven’t been more aggressive about making the disaster an issue for the 2008 election. They should be: It’s hard to imagine a more graphic demonstration of what’s wrong with their opponents’ economic beliefs.

A-freaking-men. And a double a-freaking-men to this, the actual last line of Krugman's column:

David Brooks is off today.

Well, David Brooks is off one way or another pretty much every day, but never mind.

For more from the Krugman, check out last Sunday's Media Matters with Bob McChesney (Real Audio/MP3 download). The first few minutes of the "conversation" (after the Media Minutes segment) are kind of funny—there's some sort of audio mix-up, and we're treated to several minutes of aural confusion, amidst which an increasingly annoyed Krugman can periodically be heard asking "Hello?...Hello?...Is anybody there?" until the connections get sorted out (there's a profound political metaphor in here somewhere, I know)—but then the rest of the program is both enlightening and enjoyable. Nash Bob says check it out.