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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/06/opinion/brooks-a-new-social-agenda.html?par… “Santorum believes Head Start should teach manners to children.” (Santorum believes that poor children should be seen but not heard: that the poor need to remember their place.)   “Santorum’s policies on tax reform, entitlement reform and the other … Continue reading →

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/06/opinion/brooks-a-new-social-agenda.html?par… “ I’m to Rick Santorum’s left on most social issues, like same-sex marriage and abortion. I’m also put off by his Manichaean political rhetoric.” ( Mr. Brooks is a Conservative with a capital C so he just can’t bring … Continue reading →

David Brooks titles his latest essay with a riff on Marx and Engels, “Working men of all countries ,unite!” expressed as the cliche Workers of the World Unite. Mr. Brooks thinks himself very clever to wed this quotation to his … Continue reading →

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/04/us/gordon-hirabayashi-wwii-internment-oppon…  

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/jan/03/ronald-searle-st-trinians-creator… http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/mar/09/ronald-searle-life-in-pict…

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 →