Counting Out Paul Krugman

I'm very conflicted this morning. Yesterday, I found out that I know the guy who won the Nobel Prize for Economics, Paul Krugman. No, I don't know him-know him, like he'd ever call me to help him move his stuff or go have a beer together, and I certainly don't know him in the biblical sense...I'm not saying that at all, so please get that right out of your heads. What I'm saying is I've actually not only heard the guy's name before, but I've even read his stuff. A lot. Of course, when I read his work in the New York Times I thought he was just a snarky, if intellectual, Bush hater like me. Not that I'm an intellectual by any means, please also get that right out of your heads too, But at least I can say, 'Oh yeah, Krugman, I've read his work.' And that's where the conflict arises.