This is an opinion piece. As such, it is OK, but as reporting it falls short. Marshall has been proven wrong too many times to be a credible source.

This does not deserve to be called news or journalism. It is only the ranting of an extremist.

Paul Krugman has been one sided and none of his predictions, even in his area of expertise (economics) have been correct from the time he left Enron and began writing for the Times. He makes no pretense of fairness and is rarely correct.

The story is OK as far as it goes. A little analysis might be nice, but it is an OK story.