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    Stupid Voters, Stupid Commentators

    MAY 6, 2012 9:40AM

    By Terry McKenna


    Topics: republicans, david brooks, commentators, conservative voters

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    Stupid Voters, Stupid Commentators

    MAY 6, 2012 9:40AM

    By Terry McKenna


    Topics: republicans, david brooks, commentators, conservative voters

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 2931 Views
    • 35 Comments
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    Romney, GOP Offer Only Empty Slogans

    APRIL 27, 2012 2:49PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: stereotypes, public opinion, walter lippmann, allegory of the cave, plato's republic, plato, david frum, planned parenthood, social justice, catholic bishops, catholic church, spending cuts, tax hikes, david brooks, partisanship, ezra klein, frank luntz, jennifer rubin, head start, medicaid, student loans, politico, class warfare, andrew breitbart, thomas frank, divisive, socialism, 2012 election, democratic party, president obama, poverty, lucky duckies, wall street journal, job creators, eric cantor, republican party, ryan budger, paul ryan, mitt romney, economics, politics

    • 6 Ratings
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    • 5 Comments
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    What David Brooks Doesn't Get

    APRIL 20, 2012 12:27PM

    By Diana Senechal


    Topics: robert frost, education, assessment, results, value-added assessment, responsibility, accountability, higher education, colleges and universities, new york times, david brooks, testing, national association of schools of music, mark wait, samuel hope

    • 0 Ratings
    • 273 Views
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    Rider critique of NY TIMES' Brooks "Ode to Nathan Fletcher"

    APRIL 2, 2012 4:48PM

    By Richard Rider


    Topics: david brooks, carl demaio, nathan fletcher

    • 1 Ratings
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    GOP: A different sorta pickle

    JANUARY 15, 2012 9:17PM

    By potterpoliticalpickle


    Topics: open call, politics, new york times, thomas friedman, david brooks, new hampshire, iowa, republican nominee, 2012 presidential elections, gop, social conservatives, rick santorum, newt gingrich, jon huntsman, mitt romney

    • 0 Ratings
    • 272 Views
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    Both sides not equally to blame for gridlock

    NOVEMBER 26, 2011 8:04AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: fox news democrats, president obama, super-committee, david drum, propaganda, compromise, david brooks, republican party, religious right, right wing, economics, politics

    • 2 Ratings
    • 274 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Reaction: Interesting piece by Brooks today

    NOVEMBER 22, 2011 12:18PM

    By potterpoliticalpickle


    Topics: politics, 2012 presidential election, president obama, 2012, open call, political mercantilism, mercantilism, democrats, republicans, new york times, david brooks

    • 0 Ratings
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    Compassion, Penn State and Moral Bearings

    NOVEMBER 16, 2011 12:30PM

    By Ernesto Tinajero


    Topics: morality, david brooks, sports, politics, open+call

    • 0 Ratings
    • 489 Views
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    Obama must get exit GOP's "My Way Or the" Highway

    OCTOBER 29, 2011 9:49AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, right wing, republican party, paul ryan, obama, democratic party, norm ornstein, david brooks, paul ryan, ayn rand, bipartisanship

    • 0 Ratings
    • 321 Views
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    Right wing wants us to be nuts!

    OCTOBER 21, 2011 1:42PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: george will, elizabeth warren, conservatism, liberalism, walter lippmann, propaganda, republican party, fox news, david brooks, right wing, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 1452 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    My Losing Entry in the David Brooks Parody Contest

    SEPTEMBER 9, 2011 4:11PM

    By Con Chapman


    Topics: david brooks, new york times, parody, satire, comedy, spoof, humor

    • 0 Ratings
    • 229 Views
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    A Divided Democratic Party?

    JULY 19, 2011 4:40PM

    By Jan Linn


    Topics: david brooks, obama, democrats, republicans, parties

    • 12 Ratings
    • 817 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    David Brooks & Cheating Death

    JULY 15, 2011 11:29AM

    By Chicago Guy


    Topics: budget talks and death, intellectual shell games, david brooks

    • 0 Ratings
    • 429 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    NPR: Build a House, Save a Country...Say what?

    MAY 17, 2011 11:48PM

    By potterpoliticalpickle


    Topics: baby boomers, home ownership, david brooks, home building, economy

    • 0 Ratings
    • 356 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Brooks, right attack idea of popular government

    MAY 8, 2011 8:11AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: republic, founding fathers, david brooks, john birch society, democracy, right wing, politics

    • 0 Ratings
    • 227 Views
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    Grown-Ups: Cliche of the Day

    APRIL 15, 2011 12:45PM

    By Daniel Rigney


    Topics: kathleen parker, david brooks, need for fresh metaphors, budget crisis, courageous, bold, serious, child, grownup, a day that will live in infancy, committing adulthood, charles krauthammer, ayn ryan, paul ryan

    • 0 Ratings
    • 126 Views
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    FOR SALE: One Shining City on the Hill

    MARCH 17, 2011 5:19AM

    By Ptaray


    Topics: voodoo, salon, opensalon, ray bilodeau, ptaray, david brooks, politics, reagan, gop

    • 1 Ratings
    • 668 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Glenn Beck and His “Caliphate” Upended by the Arab Street

    FEBRUARY 21, 2011 10:36PM

    By Steven J. Gulitti


    Topics: glenn beck, william kristol, david brooks, richard lowry, jihad, islamic freedom movements, egypt, libya, bahrain, morrocco, tunisia, fox news, rupert murdoch, caliphate conspiracy, muslim brotherhood, frank rich, robert welch, john birch society, politics

    • 0 Ratings
    • 321 Views
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    Science as High Comedy

    MARCH 8, 2011 10:01AM

    By George Stanciu


    Topics: comedy, belief/religion, comedy, david brooks, fermilab, john cleese, neuroscience, new yorker, psychology, social animal

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