Topic: David Brooks

David Brooks Loves to Capitalize Nouns

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The New York Times columnist is wrong about sequestration, and he's somewhat admitted as much. But we can diagnose his wrongness as a compulsive desire to Arbitrarily Capitalize Things. Here are 34 examples from the past 365 days.

By John Hudson

Feb 11, 2013

Media Diet

Gavin Newsom: What I Read

The former San Francisco mayor and current lieutenant governor of California is an apologist for Google Plus and Michael Savage.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Feb 8, 2013

Trimming the Times

Bloomberg's London, Derek Jeter, and the Oscar Race for the Dead

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Feb 5, 2013

Trimming the Times

Sex Offenders in Southampton, Farewell to Muzak, Pigeons

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By J.K. Trotter

Jan 15, 2013

Here's the Syllabus for David Brooks's 'Humility' Course at Yale

He'll be having Yalies read his old New York Times columns for homework. Seriously.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Jan 4, 2013

Trimming the Times

Insider Attacks in Afghanistan, Yoga in Prison, and Light in Art

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By David Wagner

Dec 20, 2012

Year in Review

The 50 Worst Columns of 2012

The most noxious, wrongheaded, misleading, silly, and downright awful pieces of punditry to somehow end up in print or online this year.

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By David Wagner

Dec 4, 2012

Today's Best

Five Best Tuesday Columns

Jonathan Cohn on Republicans sending us over the fiscal cliff, David Brooks on Republicans saving us from it, Jeffrey Goldberg on Israel's disappearing allies, Bob Dole and Tony Coelho on disabled Americans, and Joshua Muggleton on Asperger's.

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By David Wagner

Nov 20, 2012

Today's Best

Five Best Tuesday Columns

Michael Specter on Marco Rubio the scientist, Alex Pareene on political memes, David Brooks on the conservative blogosphere, John Nichols on Twinkies, and Katrina vanden Heuvel on the war on drugs.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Nov 16, 2012

Trimming the Times

Gaza, Nudists, and a Hero Dog

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Oct 26, 2012

Trimming the Times

Frank Lloyd Wright, Teddy Roosevelt, and Richard Burton

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Oct 12, 2012

Trimming the Times

Wyclef Jean, Slim Jim, and Cycling

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Oct 5, 2012

Trimming the Times

The Rial, Cheerleaders, and Bud Selig

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Oct 2, 2012

Trimming the Times

Seattle Cops on Twitter, Skulls, and Hunting

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Connor Simpson

Sep 23, 2012

The Sunday Grind

Bill Clinton Has 'No Earthly Idea' if Hillary Wants to Run in 2016

Don't ask Bill Clinton for any clues pointing to a (Hillary) Clinton 2016 bid. "I have no earthly idea what she'll decide to do," Clinton told Bob Schieffer on CBS's Face the Nation.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Sep 18, 2012

Trimming the Times

A Robot, Michael B. Oren, and Christina Aguilera

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Sep 12, 2012

Trimming the Times

Teachers Union President, Humboldt State, and Buttermilk

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Sep 7, 2012

Trimming the Times

Medicaid, Hungry Bears, and Buck Showalter

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Sep 4, 2012

Trimming the Times

Michelle Obama's Hugs, Cigars, and the Brooklyn Nets

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Aug 31, 2012

Trimming the Times

Mississippi, Laura Robson, and DogTV

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Aug 24, 2012

Trimming the Times

Lance Armstrong, The 'Steroid Era,' and Public Art

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Connor Simpson

Jul 15, 2012

Journalists Are Mad About Being in Romney's New Ad

You would think, after the Obama campaign debuted their knockout punch yesterday, the Romney campaign would want to come out strong with their next ad. Instead, they've pissed off two out of the three journalists featured in their thirty second spot. 

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By Esther Zuckerman

Jul 6, 2012

Trimming the Times

Haiti, No Child Left Behind, and Lance Armstrong

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Jul 3, 2012

Trimming the Times

Climate Change, Cranky Politicians, And Roller Coasters

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Jun 26, 2012

Trimming the Times

Killings in Chicago, Spying on Kids, and Olympic Sex Testing

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Elspeth Reeve

May 15, 2012

David Brooks Thinks Obama and ESPN Define Masculinity

David Brooks argues that President Obama is doing better than you'd expect in polls given the state of the economy because he possesses a very specific type of manliness: "ESPN masculinity."

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By John Hudson

May 9, 2012

'Of Course' Paul Krugman and David Brooks Would Fight Each Other

The New York Times opinion page is undergoing what appears to be a period of diplomatic détente.

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By Adam Martin

May 8, 2012

Comment of the Day

'How Often Do We Get to Read Such a Back and Forth in One Newspaper?'

When The Atlantic Wire's John Hudson suggested that  New York Times columnists David Brooks and Paul Krugman should settle their apparently simmering dispute once and for all, one commenter disagreed.

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By John Hudson

May 8, 2012

David Brooks and Paul Krugman Need to Take It Outside

Enough is enough: It's time to settle the passive aggressive fight between New York Times columnists Paul Krugman and David Brooks once and for all. 

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By Ray Gustini

May 7, 2012

The Smart Set

Woody Allen and Lindsay Lohan Are Pals; David Brooks Takes D.C.

Today: Woody Allen and Lindsay Lohan get chummy, David Brooks departs Bethesda for D.C., and the Vogue editors will all be wearing pink tonight at the Costume Institute gala.

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By John Hudson

Apr 9, 2012

The Passive-Aggressive Pundit Fight Between Paul Krugman and David Brooks

New York Times columnist Paul Krugman may not want to call out David Brooks by name, but that won't stop him from tearing down his latest ideas in a thinly-veiled rebuttal.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Feb 17, 2012

What Kind of David Brooks Hater Are You?

After reading David Brooks' "The Jeremy Lin Problem" this morning, it seemed as though our Twitter feed instantly sparkled with little nuggets of dissent—so many in fact that we put together this guide to David Brooks haters.

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By John Hudson

Sep 20, 2011

David Brooks, Flayed by Left and Right

The New York Times columnist talks about getting slammed on both sides

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By Elspeth Reeve

Jul 5, 2011

Tea Partiers: We're Not Anti-Intellectual, David Brooks Is Just Dumb

Brooks angered many conservatives with an op-ed criticizing the GOP's debt stance

Comments | 5,630 Views

By Adam Clark Estes

May 24, 2011

The British Do Not Like David Brooks' Latest Column

Says a commenter, he "has as much understanding of history and politics as a toothpick"

Comments | 5,554 Views

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