An apology to Gregg Easterbrook

In my last post on Gregg Easterbrook, I quoted what I thought was an e-mail sent by him to other bloggers that was posted in The Power Line. I’ve been informed by both Brad DeLong and Gregg Easterbrook that the e-mail was a fake, so I’m crossed it out from my post. My apologies for ...

By , a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and co-host of the Space the Nation podcast.

In my last post on Gregg Easterbrook, I quoted what I thought was an e-mail sent by him to other bloggers that was posted in The Power Line. I've been informed by both Brad DeLong and Gregg Easterbrook that the e-mail was a fake, so I'm crossed it out from my post. My apologies for getting suckered. It was a disservice to you, the readers, as well as to Easterbrook. Gregg's cool with it -- as he put it in an e-mail, it's "the nature of a new medium." For those readers who prowl other blogs, if you see it there, let the blogger know it's a fake. We'll return to our regularly scheduled blogging tomorrow. UPDATE: See the comment below by John Hinderaker of the Power Line. All I can say is that I'm going on what DeLong and Easterbrook have told me via e-mail.

In my last post on Gregg Easterbrook, I quoted what I thought was an e-mail sent by him to other bloggers that was posted in The Power Line. I’ve been informed by both Brad DeLong and Gregg Easterbrook that the e-mail was a fake, so I’m crossed it out from my post. My apologies for getting suckered. It was a disservice to you, the readers, as well as to Easterbrook. Gregg’s cool with it — as he put it in an e-mail, it’s “the nature of a new medium.” For those readers who prowl other blogs, if you see it there, let the blogger know it’s a fake. We’ll return to our regularly scheduled blogging tomorrow. UPDATE: See the comment below by John Hinderaker of the Power Line. All I can say is that I’m going on what DeLong and Easterbrook have told me via e-mail.

Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and co-host of the Space the Nation podcast. Twitter: @dandrezner

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