Frequent breast beater and all-around intellectual marshmallow David Brooks has touched off a real foofaraw, if not an outright hullabaloo, around the internet with his recent post for the New York Times, What if We’re the Bad Guys Here?, arguing that the rule of “us”, that horde of Ivy League educated sissy britches who hold…
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David Brooks, also a hypocrite
Okay, that’s old news, definitely, but, well, sometimes one can’t help repeating one’s self. A couple of days ago, I ran a piece nominating Daniel Drezner, David French, Jay Nordlinger, and Ross Douthat as candidates for that wishy-washy band of stand asiders who, in death, stand outside the gates of Hell, rejected by God and…
David Brooks writes a good column. I did not see this coming!
Yeah, not only does shit happen, sometimes amazing shit happens. The amazing shit in question is this post by Big Dave, on whose unprotected dome have I poured unrelenting ridicule for lo these many years. Dave’s column, titled “The Meritocracy Is Ripping America Apart”, subtitled “How savage exclusion tears the social fabric”, is, mercifully, not…
The Ecstasy of St. Dave
David Brooks has, in no particular order, left his wife of 27 years, married a woman 23 years his junior—his “research” assistant; who could see that coming?—and found Christ. He’s written a book on the latter, The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life, which apparently involves, well, dumping your old wife and finding…
Yo, Conservatives! Don’t Analyze Trump! Oppose Him!
Right-wing double domes, some of them with hair, have been both generating and garnering pixels with critiques of our president’s character. Too much Woody Allen, not enough Gary Cooper, says Peggy Noonan, who seems to have started the ball rolling. Narcissistic and domineering (ya think?), says Charles Krauthammer. Not sufficiently Greek, says David Brooks. I’m…
Will Gerry Ford save us? Probably not.
David Brooks is hoping that Donald Trump will gently implode, leaving VP Mike Pence, the 21st Century Gerry Ford, in charge. Well, I’d have to take Mike over il Donald, without much enthusiasm, but I don’t think we’ll be that “lucky”. Trump self-corrects when he has to, as he did during the campaign. This isn’t…
Which side are you on?
That will be the question in coming days. Donald Trump is all about winning—Cheating? It’s a good thing! No, it’s a great thing!—and DC talking heads, some of them, anyway, are realizing that Donald Trump’s Administration is already a guaranteed disaster, unlike any other in American history. David Brooks, my long-time whipping boy, is turning…
I predicted this!
Well, I did. A couple of weeks back, I wrote a post, “Why Donald Trump will be our very worst president, by a very wide margin”, and, one week in, it’s already true. For the past seven days, Donald Trump has been running around like a chicken with its head cut off, except, you know,…
David Brooks on the Road to Character
You’ve always wanted David Brooks’ classic Road to Character in a dee-lux, golden, signed edition, haven’t you? Sure you have! Go ahead! Admit it! It feels good, doesn’t it? This shining, gold on gold on gold edition of Dave’s masterpiece, a full six inches wide by nine inches high, will take pride of place in…
David Brooks, livin’ in the house that Krauthammer built
Establishment icon/piñata David Brooks, who surely was born with a “Kick Me Repeatedly, And With A Passion” sign on his broad rear end, has done it again, announcing that it is time for all good Republicans to come to the aid of their party and prevent that awful Donald Trump or that awful Ted Cruz…