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NYT’s Krugman chortles over Powerline’s past lunacy about housing bubble

By Andy Birkey | 10.01.08 | 1:00 pm

New York Times columnist Paul Krugman went after Minnesota conservative blog Powerline for criticizing Krugman’s 2005 column warning of a housing bubble that was about to burst.
Powerline’s John Hinderaker wrote at the time: “[T]here is little reason…

Tiptoe Through the Tulips

By Jeff Fecke | 03.19.07 | 10:18 am

meThere once was a time when a flower cost the equivalent of seven years’ salary. 

In this case the flower was a tulip, which was introduced to Europe in the 16th century. Now, tulips are lovely, and…