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David Brooks begins his latest essay of April 19,2012 Testing The Teachers by sounding a pathetically melodramatic note, that deserves full quotation, awash in purple as it is: “There’s an atmosphere of grand fragility hanging over America’s colleges. The grandeur … Continue reading →

David Brooks is adept at mimicking the rhetorical style of rational argument,but only in self-defense. Mr. Brooks only argues in ideological terms that have the ability to move the political discourse in a favorable partisan direction. We can see quite … Continue reading →

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He has hemmed me in so that I cannot escape; he has weighed me down with fetters. Even when I cry out and plead for help he rejects my prayer. He has barred my road with blocks of stone and … Continue reading →

I wonder at how Leslie Gelb manages to maintain his breezy casual tone when discussing such potentially destructive concurrences as an Israeli attack upon Iran, support for Syrian rebels and a escalation of conflict with North Korea. He argues in … Continue reading →

Here are the two opening paragraphs of the David Brooks essay of April 5,2012: "President Obama is an intelligent, judicious man who can see all sides of an issue. But every once in a while he tries to get politically … Continue reading →

  The Liberal Interventionist is no more! I assert that without apology. The contest of ideas is between the death cult of Neo-Conservatism and their first cousins the New Democrats. The spirochete of the Imperial Disease has infected both contestants. … Continue reading →

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