Op-Eds worth reading today

Krugman still, thank Jazus, op-edding in NYT, despite his supposed break to write an ec textbook, trying to save the country from social security privatization.

Thank Kali for Bob Herbert, who calls the Bushites out for shifting to domestic crap in the midst of their much ballyhooed wartime:

This administration has many things on its mind besides the welfare of overstretched, ill-equipped G.I.'s dodging bombers and snipers in Iraq. In addition to the inauguration, which will cost tens of millions of dollars, Mr. Bush is busy with his obsessive campaign against "junk and frivolous lawsuits," his effort to further lighten the tax load on the nation's wealthiest individuals and corporations, and his campaign to cut the legs from under the proudest achievement of the New Deal, Social Security.

E.J. Dionne on the assault on freedom of the press, in WAPO: "Who is hurt most when citizens fail to learn about bribe-taking, discontented soldiers or out-of-control intelligence programs? You know the answer, and it's chilling."