BY TOM TOMORROW
Brooks’ columns invariably remind me of Roy Edroso’s recurrent line about Jonah Goldberg, which I am paraphrasing from memory and probably mangling: this is the stupidest thing he has ever written, until the next thing he writes. Still, this morning’s was a real contender. The most idiotic campaign punditry in recent days has been the …
David, I have some thoughts about how the media have been covering the blogs lately that I’d like to share with you (and with my readers, hence the public format). First, I should make it clear up front that I understand you are not the author of, nor are you personally responsible for, any of …
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Athenae, via Atrios: David, if you don’t have good memories of your work, I suggest you get a new job. If you feel more fulfilled by being at home with your family than by working, I suggest you stay at home with your family. Trust me, the public that survived the death of Mark Twain …
David Brooks has really been on a roll lately, if by “on a roll” one means “consistently regurgitating Republican talking points.” The other day, he explained that Libby indictment proves that the Plame scandal was much ado about nothing. And today, a wacky, wacky column about Harry Reid, tin-foil-hat conspiracy theorist! Because, you see, Harry …
So. Let’s take a quick look and see what David Brooks is writing about this morning. Why, it’s a witty look at inside-the-Beltway dinner party know-it-alls! He describes the behavior of these insufferable boors: He begins his dinner party performance with a combination of impressive name-dropping and crushing banality: “I was talking to Karl the …