Tag: David Brooks
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It IS the culture, stupid!
‘The stuff that cannot be quantified’ After she defeated Blaska for Madison school board, Ali Muldrow invited your scribbler to her talk show on WORT-FM. Like any good progressive, the host Defunded the Police and sponsored race-based outcomes. The station itself sometimes resembles Radio Free Hamas. Ms. Muldrow’s first question: “Are you carrying?” (“You don’t…
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Conservatism ain’t dumb
It’s smart and wants respect! Always thought David Brooks was the kind of pundit that only the New York Times would think conservative. The kind of squish allowed on PBS, which Trump wants to defund for its rampant partisan bias. In any event, Our Mr. Brooks is up with an essay — in Mike Waltz’s…
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We’re so tired of identity politics
that even David Brooks of the NY Times gets it! Platinum+ subscriber bonus material! Fair usage of a much longer opinion piece by David Brooks, normally a squish liberal, who deconstructs identity politics (and thus DEI and critical race theory) in the New York Times (of all places)! Why we got it so wrong A…
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‘Voters reject party of scolds’
🎶 Where have all their voters gone? 🎵 Anyone else think Democrats might have won the presidency had they nominated Joe Manchin? But they’re not that kind of party. They were once. The party of Truman and JFK? 🎵 Gone to graveyards, every one. 🎶 Kamala Harris ran a fairly decent campaign, given what she had…
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Conservative Trump critics, allies go to the mattresses
Republican family feud — or is it war? And why is this blog too long? The Squire of Stately Blaska Manor enjoys nothing so much as a no-holds-barred blood feud. On this Independence Day, we’ve got a good one going. Conservatives find themselves in an all-out war between the families. That capo regime of philosophers,…