The answer is yes, Mr. Kristof
whose column for tomorrow asks Did We Drop the Ball on Unemployment?
He acknowledges being part of the problem, which became very clear to him when he vacationed at his childhood home on a farm in Yamhill Oregon, and as he visits old friends he writes
I can’t help feeling that national politicians and national journalists alike have dropped the ball on jobs. Some 25 million Americans are unemployed or underemployed — that’s more than 16 percent of the work force — but jobs haven’t been nearly high enough on the national agenda.
After acknowledging his own culpability, choosing to ask the President a "gotcha" question when he could have
