Monthly Archives: September 2012

This essay by Ross Douthat titled Washington Versus America is a history of a selected income and social strata of Washington, D.C.: this might even be considered , in a moment of literary charity, a 21st Century revision of Henry … Continue reading →

David Brooks little missive to candidate Romney is a mild scolding, for being so stupid as to so forthrightly argue, in front of a private dinner of supporters his flagrant class and political prejudices, about a large number of Americans. … Continue reading →

“Why did God put Barack Obama on this earth?” A question filled with promise in a branch of Christian theology called eschatology, but certainly not in a political essay by Mr. David Brooks, the doubtful might ask, if they weren't … Continue reading →

Here is a more reality based description of Mr. Ross Douthat's notion of 'policy entrepreneurship', of some weeks ago in his NYT column, and it's relevance to Paul Ryan as Republican Budget Guru:"Mr Ryan is often called author of the … Continue reading →

David Brooks never tires of telling his readers that he takes the mean, the rational political/moral position, in regards to the antagonists that he creates in all his essays. In addition, today, he admonishes the hyper-individualist Republican Party, while reminding … Continue reading →