I just read this David Brooks piece from the Jan. 25 New York Times that my mom recommended. There is no doubt that, if we read more and consumed more culture of all types, we’d all be better people, and …
David Brooks: How to Save a Sad, Lonely, Angry and Mean Society Read More »
We all like to think that we’re objective and rational in our thinking, and that, if we were presented with sufficient evidence, we’d change even our most entrenched beliefs and admit that we’d been buffaloed. We like to think that …
We use the term “unsustainable” a great deal here, referring to processes that lack the potential to continue indefinitely into the future. Normally, we mean processes that have some bearing on environmental justice; things like consumption of fossil fuels or …
David Brooks: “What a Failed Trump Administration Looks Like” Read More »
Here’s an awkward situation: I’m staying the night today at the house of a friend who, I just learned, will be throwing a party celebrating Donald Trump’s nomination. Of course, my position on Trump is the same as that of …
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My mother wrote me this morning, suggesting that I “Check out the N.Y. Times article by David Brooks: ‘How Change Happens.’” Thanks, Mom. David Brooks is an articulate advocate for free-market economics, and this is a perfect example. No surprise here. …
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Only once in a blue moon do I comment on the idiocies of the US Congress, and even less frequently that I extol the wisdom of conservative columnist David Brooks. But he has most certainly gotten this one right. In …
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David Brooks: “The Rotting of the Republican Mind”
In his most recent article, columnist and social observer David Brooks analyzes the forces that are widening the chasm between the political left and right, noting that it’s not as much economic as it is intellectual. In particular, he discusses …
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