Monthly Archives: December 2011

David Brooks has three political/ethical thoughts: the evil of big government, rampant immorality and a dysfunctional politics. Those could be considered his only thoughts, endlessly reinterpreted and continually re-framed . One could place them under the heading of decadence, of … Continue reading →

As a reader of The New York Times it becomes harder and harder not to feel that you are continually reading propaganda, especially if your a regular reader of David Brooks and his meditations on politics and other matters of … Continue reading →

It is quite easy to view The Daily Beast, edited by Tina Brown, as a repository of gossip of various descriptions: gossip about celebrities, movie stars, politicians,literary figures even journalists and the intersections where all these beings meet and interact. … Continue reading →

David Brooks has an exalted notion of himself as thinker and arbiter of public taste, and public morals. Now, that statement is hardly news but he makes concrete that self- appointed status in his Sidney Awards. Named after Sidney Hook, … Continue reading →

Just in case you missed Leslie Gelb’s column of December 14,2011 column titled Leslie H. Gelb on a World in Crisis—and What Obama Should Do, a breezy little travelogue of the world’s problems likely to manifest themselves in 2012, or … Continue reading →

In a solumn ceremony in the U.S.Senate, today, Carl Schmitt was given the signal honor of postumous American citizenship, in recognition of his inspiration and example to American Lawmakers. In speeches from the podium Senator Senile War Hero gave fulsome … Continue reading →

“Of all the major Republicans, the one who comes closest to my worldview is Newt Gingrich. Despite his erratically shifting views and odd phases, he continually returns to this core political refrain: He talks about using government in energetic but … Continue reading →

Here is a recent essay by Kimberly and Fredrick Kagan in the Washington Post titled A new mirage in the Iraq desert, two prominent Neo-Conservative thinkers and policy experts, indeed, Ms. Kagan was a contracted employee of the U.S. Government … Continue reading →

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