I always knew David Brooks was an asshole ....

Have you seen him on Sunday talk shows? Each time he edges closer to the point at which he wraps his expensive scarf around Mary Matalin's throat every time she condescends to call him 'professor.'

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/02/way-we-live-now-by-david-brooks.html

utter destruction

Wow, congrats on the byline to ILX's own Jody Beth Rosen!

lolololol That's the other Jody Rosen. ikr?

sorry it never gets old to me

or at least it seemed like it had been long enough

holy shit

i have stared into the sun

IIRC, the other Jody Rosen has posted on ILM a couple of times.

there is only one jody rosen lets be real folks

this charade, long enough

what about joe d. rosen? what about jo diro-sen?

same, same

http://www.wbur.org/npr/273133838/week-in-politics-jobs-numbers-and-cbo-report

BLOCK: But David, hasn't the underpinning of the Republican thinking looking forward been we need to reach out to Hispanic voters? We have seen what's happened to us in past elections, and we recognize that we have a problem there.

BROOKS: This is the problem with democracy. If we had a party run by elites, which it should be, they would be far-seeing, they would know what's in the long-term interest of their party, and they would push through change against a minority group, the Tea Party, which doesn't see it that way. But the minority group now has veto power, and so the establishment of the party really has limited control to do what I think most people would agree is in the long-term interest of the party as a whole.

This is the problem with democracy. If we had a party run by elites, which it should be

This is the problem with democracy. If we had a party run by elites, which it should be

This is the problem with democracy. If we had a party run by elites, which it should be

oh yeah I cited that bit in the OTHER David Brooks thread. I heard it live yesterday and nearly drove off the road.

David Brooks of the elite claims his rightful place beside the throne.

...like Salacious Crumb.

Women, meanwhile, have different tastes at different times in their cycles. During ovulation, according to some research, they prefer ruggedly handsome and risky men, while at other times they are more drawn to pleasant-looking, nice men. When men look at pictures of naked women, their startle response to loud noises diminishes. It seems that the dopamine surge mutes the prefrontal cortex, and they become less alert to danger and risk.

really wish the times titled that piece "let's talk about gender baby"

Women, meanwhile, have different tastes at different times in their cycles. During ovulation, according to some research, they prefer ruggedly handsome and risky men, while at other times they are more drawn to pleasant-looking, nice men. When men look at pictures of naked women, their startle response to loud noises diminishes. It seems that the dopamine surge mutes the prefrontal cortex, and they become less alert to danger and risk.When men look at pictures of naked women, their startle response to loud noises diminishes. It seems that the dopamine surge mutes the prefrontal cortex, and they become less alert to danger and risk. I know this because I was caught looking at porn while writing this column.

arrghh copy and paste errors in my clever joke

lol I was just gonna make the same joke

probably has something to do with you guys being hormonally in sync

Babies are deep

more like babies are DERP

I meant burp

while at other times they are more drawn to pleasant-looking, nice men

can hear him crossing his fingers right here

i always like to imagine him pining after maureen dowd.

"Thank god ovulation is only once a month!"

i always like to imagine him pining after maureen dowd. What did Butler say about Carlisle? "It was very good of God to let Carlyle and Mrs Carlyle marry one another, and so make only two people miserable and not four."

"Thank god ovulation is only once a month!"

― james franco tur(oll)ing test (Hurting 2),

said in his nervous NPR chuckle

i always like to imagine him pounding maureen dowd.

gross

tho lmao at david brooks having sex with anything

done in response to his pot column but still relevant

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BdEPjUqCMAAi7io.png

I just want to know that he's seen that article.

i can't stop picturing him doing it in his socks help

no judgements here this is a safe space

lol I was staring at his NYTimes photo and thinking how disturbing it would be if his face just stayed that way all the time, during sex, at dinner, on the toilet, at a baseball game, etc., and then I was like "no, that can't be, it's probably just a weird photo," but then I GISed him and it's true.

There are pictures of him having sex and on the toilet?

i don't think his appearance, voice, or mannerisms are creepy fwiw. don't like his columns at all though.

not creepy, definitely a dick

Sting reminds us all that sometimes you have to gaze back into the past in order to move forward.

Saw this in a NY Times email this morning but have yet to force myself to read the article. Can see Brooks admiring and/or being envious of Sting.

Saw an excerpt that describes songs exploding from sting's head iank.

http://thinkprogress.org/world/2014/04/20/3428792/brooks-obama-manhood-problem-middle-east/

New York Times columnist David Brooks on Sunday claimed that President Obama’s foreign policy isn’t “tough” and that he has a “manhood problem” in the Middle East.

yeah

Trying to visualize Brooks looking tough and macho

shall I post that photo again

Oh Noooooooooo