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Trust In Who?


An op-ed piece from Paul Krugman takes a look at how much trouble we can get into when we allow an administration to offer no more verifiable explanation than "just trust us." (Tip of the hat, if I ever wore one, to Mark Evenier for pointing this one out in his Tuesday posting.)

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