We must return to proclaiming powerfully and joyfully the event of Christ's death and Resurrection, heart of Christianity, principal fulcrum of our faith, powerful lever of our certainty, impetuous wind that sweeps away every fear and indecision, every doubt and human calculation. — B16

They are probably using Krugman’s Essentials of Economics, which is a pretty standard Econ 101 style textbook.  Econ at the 101 level isn’t really a hotbed of controversy, and if he used the same kinds of insults and straw men he uses in his column, I doubt it would be as popular as it is.