Who's Paul Craig Roberts?
Honest answer:
He's a formerly-mainstream conservative economist and journalist who has decided to wallow in the fever swamps of paleocon crankery.
"Who's Paul Craig Roberts?"
I've been a Conservative for 40 years and I never heard of him. Maybe he's one of those odd briton/europeans who are called "conservative" but are unrecognizable by American standards.
That's his main claim to fame, and it's a good one.
Since then, however, he has drifted into some interesting precincts. Namely those inhabited by Buchanan and Sobran.
"Who's Paul Craig Roberts?"
He's got a daily column in The Washington Times. If you go to their web page you can check it out and see his picture. He's a strange looking fellow, that always put me off. His piece is always in the little box that also has the "inside the beltway" and "inside politics" gossipy columns.
He was once a good supply side economist.
A favorite antic of the hate-Bush crowd appears to be "I am a former conservative", since they realized how powerful Zell Miller and some other former Democrats' message have become.
Regarding Buchanan and his fellow Jew-haters, we have one on the radio here in Baltimore who appears to be conservative except for his support for Sadaam and opposition to Israel. He brings Buchanan on his radio show whenever possible to help him bash-Bush and especially Rumsfeld.
So he worked for The Immortal, Ronaldus Magnus about 1/2 as long as I did.
My question: "What is Outlook-India-Dot-Com, and why is Dr. Paul Craig Roberts now writing for them instead of the Wall Street Journal or the National Review???"