Krugman was a highly regarded economist at one time too. Having read most of what Roberts has written over the past year, I would hardly consider him a conservative. He is an ardent protectionist which casts serious doubt about him being a good economist. Conservatives have never been economic isolationists. I do not consider Pat Buchanan to be a conservative.
Look at the titles of his articles listed in post #12 and tell me that this man has any real connection left to the Republican party or conservatives in general.
And so on. PCR is not just drinking Kool-Aid, he's jumped the shark straight into full on crazy. Like Krugman, PCR believes that the more outrageous and shrill he becomes the more likely it is someone will notice - like the Nobel committee. He is getting noticed all right, but not because anyone thinks he has anything worthwhile to say.
* A Gestapo Administration
* America's Superpower Days are Over (sounds just like Reagan, no?)
* Impeach Bush Now
Don't forget the Hubrisis (Hubri?)
*Blinded By Hubris
*Jooooooooow, Israeli Hubris
don't forget his January 2006 commentary: "The 2004 election was stolen"
Roberts wolfed down, hook, line and sinker, the Diebold conspiracy theories
I also question how good an economist Roberts is. He apparently is convinced we have not had any job growth and even said much of the recent expansion is government jobs recently -- even though the national data absolutely contradicts that.
For much of the rebound, the jobs expansion has been driven primarily by the private sector in terms of the rate of growth.
Roberts accidentally or deliberately has missed that crucial reality. But Roberts probably has been a stranger to reality for some time now.
-George