MY MAN STOCKMAN

Ned fervently hopes that any thinking person who is even REMOTELY thinking of voting for a Republican in any federal or state election will read David Stockman's opinion piece in Sunday's NYT. Stockman of course was Reagan's budget director who oversaw the early Reagan tax cuts, unaccompanied of course by spending restraint. Well, Stockman has found economic Jesus, so to speak, joining a host of moderate (read, thinking) Republicans who're genuinely frightened by the nature of today's party. His piece is titled "Four Deformations of the Apocalypse."