During the Iraq war, I was a big fan of Paul Krugman's trenchant columns. It was a case in which my libertarian values dovetailed nicely with Krugman's liberalism.
For a while, his email address was on my list for a journalistic circular I put out. Then one day I suppose I annoyed him by writing something that included his name. It was about the percentage of Jewish columnists writing for his paper, The New York Times. I did not cast aspersions, but I thought it an interesting factoid. In any case, Krugman immediately hit unsubscribe. I suppose he thought I was being racist.
Paul Krugman
Some months ago I noticed him sitting alone at a cafe in Princeton, where he is an economics professor. He looked rather glum, and so I did not approach him to say hello. He left without speaking to anyone in the noisy crowd.
In recent years, I have paid little heed to Krugman, realizing that he is just another outraged liberal who spills a lot of ink bashing Donald Trump. You know: ho hum.
So that's about all I know about Krugman.
On that basis, I would like to very strongly lend my support for his presumed innocence on any child pornography charges that might be contemplated.
Krugman says that his internet address was hacked by someone downloading child pornography, associating his address with such activity.
Krugman acknowledged Wednesday on Twitter that his IP address had been "compromised," spurring him to take security measures.
"Well, I’m on the phone with my computer security service, and as I understand it someone compromised my IP address and is using it to download child pornography," Krugman wrote in the tweet. "I might just be a random target. But this could be an attempt to Qanon me. It’s an ugly world out there."
"Qanon" refers to a group of people who in recent years have spread incriminating myths against many high-profile Democrats on social media.
I would like to point out that I have -- through a number of accounts and IP addresses -- been a regular target of hackers who do all sorts of bizarre things to make my work more difficult. Evidently my political expressions attract resentful persons whose means of dealing with contrary views is to attack the messenger. I suppose they are not terribly articulate and can't think of much else to do.
So I can well believe that Krugman has attracted vicious hackers deploying their tawdry malwares.
Some people think they are being funny when they respond with wisecracks impugning Krugman's credibility. What I say is that unless he is convicted in a court of law, he is innocent. Period. (And even in the event of conviction, one can never be sure -- especially in highly charged political situations -- that a frame-up did not occur.)
For a while, his email address was on my list for a journalistic circular I put out. Then one day I suppose I annoyed him by writing something that included his name. It was about the percentage of Jewish columnists writing for his paper, The New York Times. I did not cast aspersions, but I thought it an interesting factoid. In any case, Krugman immediately hit unsubscribe. I suppose he thought I was being racist.
Paul Krugman
Some months ago I noticed him sitting alone at a cafe in Princeton, where he is an economics professor. He looked rather glum, and so I did not approach him to say hello. He left without speaking to anyone in the noisy crowd.
In recent years, I have paid little heed to Krugman, realizing that he is just another outraged liberal who spills a lot of ink bashing Donald Trump. You know: ho hum.
So that's about all I know about Krugman.
On that basis, I would like to very strongly lend my support for his presumed innocence on any child pornography charges that might be contemplated.
Krugman says that his internet address was hacked by someone downloading child pornography, associating his address with such activity.
Krugman acknowledged Wednesday on Twitter that his IP address had been "compromised," spurring him to take security measures.
"Well, I’m on the phone with my computer security service, and as I understand it someone compromised my IP address and is using it to download child pornography," Krugman wrote in the tweet. "I might just be a random target. But this could be an attempt to Qanon me. It’s an ugly world out there."
"Qanon" refers to a group of people who in recent years have spread incriminating myths against many high-profile Democrats on social media.
I would like to point out that I have -- through a number of accounts and IP addresses -- been a regular target of hackers who do all sorts of bizarre things to make my work more difficult. Evidently my political expressions attract resentful persons whose means of dealing with contrary views is to attack the messenger. I suppose they are not terribly articulate and can't think of much else to do.
So I can well believe that Krugman has attracted vicious hackers deploying their tawdry malwares.
Some people think they are being funny when they respond with wisecracks impugning Krugman's credibility. What I say is that unless he is convicted in a court of law, he is innocent. Period. (And even in the event of conviction, one can never be sure -- especially in highly charged political situations -- that a frame-up did not occur.)
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