Illiteracy Watch

Washington Post editorial board writes an editorial in praise of NAFTA that cites Mexico's rapid growth in nominal terms, which is just silly. I think there's a large problem -- almost entirely unappreciated in this profession -- of journalists completely lacking the quantitative competence necessary to write about the issues that they cover.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/12/illiteracy-watch/47229/