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[ubermenzch]

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/opinion/03brooks.html?_r=1

Whenever I mention David Brooks to people, they seem to recoil and go off about how he's a conservative. But I've found his writings recently to be incredibly reasonable and one of the few examples I can find of intelligent non-ideological opinion. Can anybody recommend some other moderates worth reading? Any opinions about Mr. Brooks?

[Kuros]

I don't care so much about his political alignment, his commentary is terrible.

One article in particular turned me off. That would be this one.

[ubermenzch]

yeah, reading that article and the responses, i think Brooks was guilty of oversimplification, and should have stuck to writing about something he knows more about, like American politics, which i think he is masterful at. if he wanted to make the individualistic vs. collectivist argument, he would have been better served by using the example of Japan, but i guess that would have been a less salient example at the time.

[Jeff's Cigarettes]

I find myself tremendously impressed by David Brooks� ability as a one-handed typist.

[Ya-ta Boy]

I rather like listening to/reading David Brooks, and George Will for that matter. I suspect their days in the GOP are numbered.

My guess is they'll be driven out and will hold a confab in Henry Clay's old home and resurrect the Whig Party.

[Doutdes]

I can't stand Brooks. He's the idiot that said Obama was elitist and people couldn't imagine him eating at an Applebee's salad bar. Applebee's doesn't have a salad bar. And that's just one of his many mistakes.

What's worse is that Brooks replaced William Safire. I often did not agree with Safire, but the man know how to write. And the man knew how to make convincing arguments.


Brooks isn't the worst NY Times columnist though. That award goes to Maureen Dowd.

[Kuros]

[ubermenzch]

if you were a regular reader of Brooks' column you would know he is actually a great admirer of barack obama's and quite early on predicted many republicans would vote for him. i dont recall brooks calling obama an elitist. i know he preferred mcain but i dont think he ever was parroting the ridiculous slogans of the right wing.

[Ya-ta Boy]

[Kuros]

[Ya-ta Boy]

Thanks for your definition. You seem to use 'elitism' the way I use 'self-centered'.