RIP David Brooks

every time this thread is revived I am disappointed

How can a man who is wealthy from writing write so poorly?

The larger culture itself needs to be revived in four distinct ways: We need to be more communal in an age that’s overly individualistic; we need to be more morally minded in an age that’s overly utilitarian; we need to be more spiritually literate in an age that’s overly materialistic; and we need to be more emotionally intelligent in an age that is overly cognitive.

A tradition, whether it’s Thanksgiving dinner, an annual family reunion or a burial ceremony, takes a physical activity and infuses it with enchantment.

what's this, the voiceover from triumph of the will

it sounds like he's been talking to his rabbi a lot

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CsesuuZXgAA6hL0.jpg:small

oh good

YES

When Europeans first settled this continent they had two big thoughts. The first was that black people were not human beings. The second was that it was acceptable, therefore, to treat them like cattle.

http://verysmartbrothas.com/the-10-worst-sentences-in-david-brookss-the-uses-of-patriotism-ranked-from-this-is-fucking-stupid-to-this-dude-is-on-crack/

i personally rested in peace after reading this garbage

Who the fuck is reading Brooks and nodding and agreeing with him, I want to slap those people

i mean he's no maureen dowd

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/10/11/opinion/donald-trumps-sad-lonely-life.html

The funniest part is the gorilla bit

But maybe i just find anthropomorphism funnier than most ppl idk

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C28eXmVUoAAZnu9.jpg

http://bavatuesdays.com/files/2013/03/socialism-big-lebowski-ethos.gif

Lickspittle

Ugh I really hoped he was dead this time

Hope springs eternal

https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2017/01/24/you-will-never-be-good-enough-for-david-brooks/

^^^ I read it this afternoon. Wonderful.

Why do people, who know how to read and write, spend so much time doing both to the NYT pundits? Please shout that at the top of your lungs to get the effect of how I feel about the question.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lba_yQHzZCo

why attach that video though

I forgot the caption where I think writing about david brooks instead of doing anything else is probably like that guy going YO instead of calling 911? as I write about people writing about david brooks because I'm procrastinating on some work that I really need to do tonight because the idea that I'll have time to do it tomorrow is laughable.

I think really the metaphor I believe in is that the gas tanker flipping over and exploding is the NYT editorial page, America is all the other vehicles, and we are the guy with the phone, and nothing we do matters.

@dick_nixon
The much-younger woman who played no part in David Brooks' divorce, the "research assistant," I wonder how she feels.

Why do people, who know how to read and write, spend so much time doing both to the NYT pundits?

I know there are several blogger who feel it is their duty to analyze every word Brooks (& other NYT columnists) writes because this is the ruling class talking to itself.

After this sad attempt at a Presidency implodes, there will be several takes on how it was the fault of our era and social media in particular that Trump could not succeed, followed by immediate and yet extremely well-thought-out ripostes from all of these intelligent bloggers, and it will be yet another drop in the opportunity cost bucket of idle smart people, and Bobo will keep his job.

I can discuss Brooks and overthrow Trump and chew gum at the same time.

try not to swallow the gum

my throat can only swallow gin

Healthy approach.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/opinion/the-politics-of-cowardice.html

dayummm

he looked for the good news in others and saw the arc of history bending toward progress.

god stfu Reagan hated MLK

every time this thread gets bumped I get my hopes up

god stfu Reagan hated MLK

― Οὖτις, Friday, January 27, 2017

lol yes

xp same

he looked for the good news in others and saw the arc of history bending toward progress.

This was the same Reagan started his campaign at a _very_ particular spot in the South, should be also noted.

ok so did he get fired from the times or what

(reference: David Brooks vs. George Will)

That thread says yes, but he has a column today unfortunately (which isn't as objectionable as usual, but probably contradicts stuff he has written in the past)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/14/opinion/the-cuomo-college-fiasco.html?ref=opinion

But his FB page says ex-columnist for NY Times

Oh god david brooks wrote a column about how no one wants to hang out with him anymore pic.twitter.com/428umTxgui

— eve peyser (@evepeyser) July 7, 2017

rough divorce eh

he remarried a much younger woman, yes?

oh did he? I have no idea.

awaiting his new book The Ghosting of America

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2017/04/30/new-york-times-columnist-david-brooks-weds-his-former-researcher-anne-snyder/

I keep opening this thread hoping the title is true

you are "mean" as the Yam would say

one day, Alfred, one day...

shakey he married a younger woman who was formerly his researcher.

his first wife, a gentile, also changed HER FIRST NAME to Sarah when they married.

what the fuck