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David Brooks

Addicted to Health Care

Stanton Peele | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bassett Hospital, Helen Hunt, As Good as It Gets, Cleveland Clinic, Health in the United States, David Brooks, Health Care Reform, Managed Care, Asthmatic Child, National Health Care, Barack Obama, Charles Schumer, Addiction, Hitting Bottom, Politics News
Stanton Peele

Americans are addicted to health care. They demand more and more of it, at any cost, whatever the consequences.

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David Brooks Slams Obama's "Liberal Suicide March"

New York Times | DAVID BROOKS | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: David Brooks, David Brooks Obama, Liberal Suicide March, Obama Liberal, Brooks Obama, Politics News

It was interesting to watch the Republican Party lose touch with America. You had a party led by conservative Southerners who neither understood nor s...

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Sotomayor and the Fundamentals of Diversity and Affirmative Action

Jim Wallis | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Justice Powell, Empathy, Perspective, Quota System, Justice Lewis Powell, Affirmative Action, America, Conservative, Image of God, Brian McLaren, Story of Creation, Justice, Constitution, Affirmative Action Policies, Hispanic, God, Tower of Babel, Confirmation Hearing, David Brooks, Hispanic Woman, Diversity, Race, Racism, Jonathan Sacks, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Segregation, Regents of the University of California v Bakke, New York Times, Inequality, Creation, Sonia Sotomayor, Politics News
Jim Wallis

In the story of creation in Genesis we see that the image of God is best reflected not through sameness, but through the breadth that exists within the grand diversity of creation.

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The Simple Arithmetic of David Brooks' Deceitful Claims on Health Care Reform

David Fiderer | Posted 08.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Taxes, Health Care Reform, Washington Times, Health Care, David Brooks, Chris Matthews, Media News
David Fiderer

Only a tiny percentage of millionaires would ever pay a significant dollar amount for the tax surcharge associated with health care reform. To obscure this obvious truth, David Brooks has launched a series of deceptions.

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This Preposterous Week in Review: Bachmann, Beck, Brooks, And More!

Paul Slansky | Posted 08.17.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Week in Review, Pat Buchanan, Glenn Beck, John McCain, Michele Bachmann, David Brooks, Sam Brownback, Comedy News
Paul Slansky

Here's my look at this wild week: An index of people, places, things and why you should care about them.

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Half-Baked Alaska: Palin's Confused Vision of Energy & Environment

Ben Carmichael | Posted 08.16.2009 | Green

Read More: U.S. Economy, Ipcc, Sarah Palin Resignation, David Brooks, Economy, Sarah Palin, Climate Change, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Global Warming, Republicans, Ben Carmichael, Green News
Ben Carmichael

Palin's argument is so dependent on established Republican strategy that is reads like a grab bag of worn-out phrases.

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Punching the Tar Baby

Larry Gellman | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Confederacy, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Mark Levin, Right Wing Media, Congress, Audra Shay, Peggy Noonan, Colin Powell, Rush Limbaugh, Limbaugh, Jeff Sessions, Right Wing, Hispanics, Democrats, Democratic Party, Uncle Remus, David Brooks, Sonia Sotomayor, Sotomayor, David Frum, Racism, Hate Speech, Black, Glenn Beck, Republican Party, Right-Wing Extremism, Republicans, Politics News
Larry Gellman

From the moment Judge Sotomayor was nominated to the court, the Right wing made it clear that they were going to play the only card left in the Republican deck -- the race card.

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The Health Care Pundits Get It Right ... And Wrong

John Kenagy | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: David Brooks Health Care, David Brooks, Health, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Adaptive Design, Politics News
John Kenagy

The cost of health care is the most pressing issue and current reform proposals don't address it. But telling more patients "no" and gathering more data to implement more solutions are not the answers.

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David Brooks: A Republican Senator 'Had His Hand On My Inner Thigh' For A 'Whole' Dinner Party (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 08.10.2009 | Media

Read More: David Brooks Thigh, David Brooks, David Brooks Video, David Brooks Republican Senator Hand, Media News

Think Progress flags David Brooks telling a fantastic anecdote that supports his recent New York Times column lamenting the loss of dignity in America...

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George Washington: The Dignity and the Slavery

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Oped Column, David Brooks, New York Times, Obama, Sanford, George Washington, Palin, Slavery, Politics News
Kenneth C. Davis

In his catalog of Washington's public virtues and civility, David Brooks neglected to mention that George Washington owned, bought and sold his fellow human beings.

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Become David Brooks in an Hour or Less; Become a NY Times Columnist in Your Spare Time

Adam Hanft | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: New York Times, David Brooks, Politics News
Adam Hanft

Want to be David Brooks? Just follow my free columnist-in-a box plan.

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David Brooks: Obama "May Revitalize The Concept Of Dignity"

The New York Times | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: David Brooks, The New York Times, Brooks, President Barack Obama, Dignity, Obama, Capitalism, George Washington, Culture, Politics News

Americans still admire dignity. But the word has become unmoored from any larger set of rules or ethical system. But it's not right to end on a note...

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Obama's Agenda: Hope, Change and Lobby-Centricity

Stuart Whatley | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Cabinet, House of Representatives, Cap and Trade, Democratic Congress, Congress, Capitol Hill, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Progressives, President Obama, Obama Administration, Obama, Progressive Movement, Democrats, Banking Industry, Cramdown, Barack Obama, Lobbyist, Obama White House, Senate, Cap-and-Trade, David Brooks, Health Care Reform, Special Interests, K Street, Health Care, Obama Lobbyists, Politics News
Stuart Whatley

Obama's self-imposed rule against lobbyists in his administration, and the method whereby he is now implementing his progressive agenda, hews toward a rather perverse irony, if not hypocrisy.

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David Brooks: Why Lobbyists Are Prevailing In Health Care Fight

The New York Times | David Brooks | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: David Brooks, Lobbyists Health Care, David Brooks Health Care, Clintoncare, Brooks Lobbyists Health Care, Brooks New York Times, Transparency, Politics News

The Clintoncare collapse and the ensuing decade in the wilderness drove home the costs of failure. This has produced a Vince Lombardi attitude toward ...

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Brooks Suggests Education Course of Action

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Education Reform, Arne Duncan, Nclb, Charter Schools, David Brooks, Barack Obama, Politics News
Tom Vander Ark

I'm trying to figure out whether the stimulus bill and a hard charging Secretary of Education will produce any real progress.

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Babbling Brooks

Tom Gilroy | Posted 07.17.2009 | Media

Read More: David Brooks Column, New York Times, David Brooks Health Care, New York Times Columnists, David Brooks Health Care Column, David Brooks, Media News
Tom Gilroy

Can we finally do away with the niceties of treating New York Times columnist David Brooks as some kind of reasoned conservative centrist providing 'balance' to the liberal media?

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Dullness: A Euphemism for Status Quo

Judith Ellis | Posted 06.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Kbr, Ayn Rand, Tom Peters, Halliburton, Arianna Huffington, David Brooks, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Iraq War, Business News
Judith Ellis

Brooks and his ilk also like to pretend that there is some big separation between government and big business when in reality they have been in bed for years.

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Michael Lewis on Warren Buffett

Robert Teitelman | Posted 06.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Berkshire Hathaway, Capitalist, David Brooks, Dealmakers, Warren Buffett, Michael Lewis, Robert Teitelman, Alice Schroeder, Roger Lowenstein, Business, Felix Salmon, Business News
Robert Teitelman

The irony of Buffett is that his talent and his will are unfathomable, but his flaws are not. The one thing we can truly understand about him is the part of him that's just like the rest of us.

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Who Do You Despise More, Dick or Liz?

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Meghan McCain, Conservatives, Liz Cheney, National Security, David Brooks, David Frum, CIA Torture, Neoconservatives, Cheney Torture, Liz Cheney Dick Cheney, Obama National Security, Obama Torture, Republican Party, Torture, Republicans, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Jacob Heilbrunn

The Cheneys are seeking to lay the groundwork for a "Who Lost America?" debate should there be another terrorist attack during the Obama presidency.

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The Levin Report Prompts A Second Look At Other Bush-Era Whitewashes

David Fiderer | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate Armed Services Committee Report, 60 Minutes, Antonio Taguba, Rachel Maddow, David Brooks, Donald Rumsfeld, Geoffrey Miller, Frank Rich, Seymour Hersh, Carl Levin, Abu Ghraib, Torture, Politics News
David Fiderer

The story of Taguba's report reflects a truism applicable to every investigation: When large swaths of information are declared off limits, the resulting work product may be fatally flawed.

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Jason Linkins

NY Mag Suggests A Post-Stress Test Checklist

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Stress Tests, Nouriel Roubini, David Brooks, Bank Stress Tests, Banking Crisis, Banks, Financial Crisis, Nassim Taleb, New York Times, Timothy Geithner, Paul Krugman, Bank Bailout, Media News

I have got to tell you all, I am LOVING THESE STRESS TESTS. For real. Who'd have thought that you could have a test in which the testees could negot...

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Why Little Louie Can Never Be A Genius

Gerald Sindell | Posted 06.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Bill Gates, Larry Page, Malcolm Gladwell, Genius, Malcolm-Gladwell-Outliers, David Brooks, Living News
Gerald Sindell

Only a very few of have a certain level of gift that is completely beyond anything 10,000 or even a million hours of focused work can give you. These are the geniuses. And their gift came from inside.

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Jason Linkins

David Brooks: How Obama Seduced Me

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Charlie Rose, Media Criticism, Barack Obama, David Brooks, Media News

I've heard it said that President Barack Obama's tactical game proves that he may be the best student of counter-insurgency strategy among the civilia...

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News Flash: Greed and Stupidity Can Coexist!

Monica Youn | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Deregulation, David Brooks, New York Times, Government Bailout, Wall Street, Economic Crisis, Politics News
Monica Youn

If government officials are in the pocket of Wall Street, how can we expect them to identify and defuse problems before they turn into catastrophes?

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If David Brooks Thinks He Knows So Much About Afghanistan, He Should Debate Robert Greenwald

ZP Heller | Posted 05.03.2009 | World

Read More: David Brooks, Brave New Foundation, Troops, Military, Barack Obama, Escalation, Robert Greenwald, Kabul, Pakistan War, Rethink Afghanistan, Afghanistan, World News
ZP Heller

I'm curious to know what Afghanistan David Brooks visited? Either Brooks spent all his time hanging out with military leaders or there's a whole crisis he's deliberately trying to downplay.

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