Gene Healy justly ribs David Brooks for accusing Congressional opponents of the bailout of believing in… nothing. That’s just beyond weird.
Will Wilkinson
The Sweet Release of Reason
Gene Healy justly ribs David Brooks for accusing Congressional opponents of the bailout of believing in… nothing. That’s just beyond weird.
As I mentioned over at DeLong's blog, I'm pretty sure Brooks' very existence is proof of nihilism.
Love the new look. Much improved. Actually readable type now. A little NY Times-y tho'.
There's a trick to deciphering this Brooks column.
Step 1. Go to your bookshelf and get out your copy of Irving Kristol's Neoconservatism: The Autobiography of an idea.
Step 2. Turn to page 92.
Step 3. Holding the open book in your hands, gently lick the pages while re-reading Brooks' column.
If that doesn't work, try sitting on a copy of Leo Strauss' An Introduction to Political Philosophy and return to Step 1.
Don Arthur's right. I get it now!
FYI, the Strauss method seemed to work better, but that might be due to recency effects.
“Say what you will about the tenets of modern American liberalism, at least it's an ethos.”
— David Brooks
Don Arthur's right. I get it now!
FYI, the Strauss method seemed to work better, but that might be due to recency effects.
“Say what you will about the tenets of modern American liberalism, at least it's an ethos.”
— David Brooks