David Leonhardt Goes Off the Deep End in Creating False Equivalence

As Paul Krugman likes to point out, conservative leaders have a bad habit of just making things up: global warming isn't happening, tax cuts pay for themselves, quantitative easing will lead to hyper-inflation etc.. David Leonhardt tells readers that at the Upshot section of the NYT, which he edits, they are committed to calling both sides out when the facts don't support their claims.

And he is taking the occasion to beat up on liberals on the relationship between marriage and happiness. He...