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I have never found Krugman's columns worth reading -- certainly not since Bush was elected. Krugman may have been intelligent and insightful once, but he seems to have locked himself into knee-jerk Bush hatred. If you don't share that feeling, there's nothing more to get from his columns. But then, if Confessore thinks Mo Dowd is great "stylist," his judgement is highly questionable.

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if Confessore thinks Mo Dowd is great "stylist," his judgment is highly questionable.

This surprised me also. In fact, this was the first reason that led me to dislike her writing: complete lack of style and/or coherence. Unless she changed recently, I challenge you to find a paragraph with more than two sentences in it. Her train of thought consists of completely disconnected cars. Her "style" reminded me, after so many years, of my daughter's emotional outbursts when she was going through puberty.

Perhaps, Confessore could not find anything positive at all and to praise Dowd had to fall back on this elusive notion, style.