The Newsweek cover story on Paul Krugman by Evan Thomas was pretty good, but it missed some things.

It does get at what's appealing about his demeanor, like "One thing he still has is a smile that plays around his face when he's talking, almost like he's looking at himself and thinking, 'What am I doing here?'" "He is an unusual mix, at once nervous, shy, sweet and fiercely sure of himself." "Krugman is "not a prima donna, he wears his fame lightly," and that Krugman is not resented among his academic colleagues, who can be a jealous lot." And "Ideologically, Krugman is a European Social Democrat. Brought up to worship the New Deal, he says, "I am not overflowing with human compassion. It's more of an intellectual thing. I don't buy that selfishness is always good. That doesn't fit the way the world works.""

In the beginning of the piece, Krugman is quoted commenting that he hasn't received any outreach from the Obama administration. Thomas doesn't give a possible explanation until later in the piece: "In the 2008 election, Krugman first leaned toward populist John Edwards, then Hillary Clinton. "Obama offered a weak health-care plan," he explains, "and he had a postpartisan shtik, which I thought was naive."" In fact during the primary Krugman was fairly critical.