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Things ain’t what they used to be

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:01:00 +0000

It’s easy to romanticize the past, of course. But I distinctly remember that 20 years ago, things like sudden increases in the number of people going hungry were considered important issues. Nowadays to even muse about whether this is something we can do something about as a society marks ...

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David Brooks Derides Palin as a 'Joke' and 'Talk Show Host'; Only Ifill Sees Her Appeal

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:09:36 +0000

The roundtable members on Sunday's This Week derided or dismissed Sarah Palin, with David Brooks , the putative conservative columnist for the New York Times, declaring “she's a joke” and insisting “Republican primary voters just are not going to elect a talk show host” -- leaving it to PBS's ...

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Sunday Morning Comin’ Down

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:58:39 +0000

“With a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound...” edition. If your idea of eternal damnation is watching the watching the same, lame junior varsity debating team banging the same, stupid arguments together forever...then welcome to Hell. The usually non-vomit-inducing “Face the Nation” ...

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The Log in David Brooks’s Eye

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:37:52 +0000

David Brooks tells us that Islam harbors evil : Most people select stories that lead toward cooperation and goodness. But over the past few decades a malevolent narrative has emerged. That narrative has emerged on the fringes of the Muslim world. It is a narrative that sees human history as ...

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David Brooks on Sarah Palin: “She’s a Joke” (Video)

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:55:16 +0000

Who’s a joke? NY Times quasi-conservative and Obama supporter David Brooks slammed Sarah Palin today on This Week with George Stephanopoulos. No wonder he’s the state-run media’s favorite quasi-conservative. Via Breitbart TV Funny… We haven’t seen her bow ...

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David Brooks Rips Sarah Palin: 'She's A Joke, I Just Can't Take Her Seriously' - 11/15/09 (video)

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:58:06 +0000

[Video source: CrooksAndLiars.com]Columnist David Brooks is a conservative that isn't blindly devoted to former Gov. Sarah Palin. "She's a joke. I can't...

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Do Lieberman and Brooks Know What Time It Is?

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:38:57 +0000

Now that we know that Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was steeping in a kettle of Islamicist paranoia and rage, Joe Lieberman will hold hearings to examine the dark brew, and David Brooks, wired just like Lieberman, has brandished bits of Hasan's past this morning to embarrass hapless liberals, therapy ...

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"What journalists are supposed to do"

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:55:27 +0000

David Brooks today says he wanted to write a column about Obama's pending decision over Afghanistan, and in order to write this column, this is what he tells us he did: "For the past few days I have tried to do what journalists are supposed to do." Sounds intrepid. What, exactly, is it that ...

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David Brooks: Sarah Palin is 'a joke'

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:58:39 +0000

DOWNLOADS: (7) PLAYS: (55) Columnist David Brooks is a conservative that isn't blindly devoted to former Gov. Sarah Palin. "She's a joke. I can't take her seriously," he told ABC's George Stephanopoulos Sunday. "The idea that this potential talk show host is considered seriously for the ...

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Feel the Thunementum

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:30:00 +0000

In for a Broder, in f or a Brooks . Am I alone in thinking that “prairie background” sounds like a euphemism? And why do so many profiles of Republican presidential candidates read like soft-core gay male pornography (not that there’s anything wrong with that)? As you ...

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WATCH: Terror Trials - Will v. Brooks

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:31:21 +0000

Terror Trials: Will says not a bad choice; Brooks predicts long circus trial. Clinical trial - Business - Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals - Pharmaceuticals - Products Evaluation

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ABC Touts NYT ‘Conservative’ David Brooks to Bash Palin, Features Anonymous Fact Checks

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:09:00 +0000

Good Morning America on Monday began a week of coverage for Sarah Palin’s new book by repeatedly fact checking claims from the Republican and highlighting an attack by the liberals’ favorite "conservative," New York Times columnist David Brooks . Reporter Kate Snow asserted that ...

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Butterflies, Memes, and Narratives

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:02:06 +0000

David Brooks had me going there, with the first several paragraphs in his column today. He had me thinking a new David Brooks had suddenly emerged, as a butterfly from its chrysalis, with powers of insight and perception the old David Brooks could only dream of having. Alas, it is the same ...

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David Brooks, John Thune, and the Death of GOP Reform-ism

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:15:02 +0000

I think David Brooks's column about John Thune on Friday tells us a lot about the debate over the GOP's future. Brooks, of course, has been a leading (and compelling) reformist voice for years now. Here's how he summarized the reform agenda in a column just after the ...

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David Brooks: Sarah Palin Is A Joke -- And Bob McDonnell Is The Future

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:54:00 +0000

The New York Times' resident conservative columnist David Brooks slammed Sarah Palin this morning on ABC's This Week, calling her a "joke." And in the process, he held up Virginia Governor-elect Bob McDonnell as the future of the Republican Party. Republican - David Brooks - Sarah ...

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David Brooks: Sarah Palin Is A 'Joke' (video)

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:09:00 +0000

The NYT columnist rips the former GOP vice presidential nominee.

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David Brooks: Palin's A 'Joke,' A 'Potential Talk Show Host' (VIDEO)

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:53:42 +0000

New York Times's columnist David Brooks -- never a huge fan of Sarah Palin -- laced into the former vice presidential candidate on Sunday, calling her a "joke" and a "potential talk show host." Speaking the day before Palin's new book, "Going Rogue," is slated to be officially released, ...

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David Fucking Brooks Solves

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:44:13 +0000

That vexing "content" problem. Regular readers of this site will remember that, earlier this week, my massive slant-mining operation into the seedy, web-extra side of "Meet the Press" uncovered this bit of soulful introspection on the task of writing by Our Mr. Brooks: Brooks: No, for me it's ...

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WATCH: David Brooks and Gwen Ifill on Sarah Palin

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:31:21 +0000

The roundtable weighs in on Sarah Palin's future in the GOP. Sarah Palin - United States - Gwen Ifill - Government - Alaska

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