Liberal New York Times blogger Paul Krugman doesn’t read conservatives, because conservatives are, ipso facto, hacks and unwonkish. He makes that clear repeatedly. He also has many smart, younger, liberal followers.

Matt O’Brien at The Atlantic, for instance, concurs with Krugman’s silly “Wonk Gap” thesis, citing as a prime example that the Heritage Foundation made an analogy between the federal budget and a family budget.