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Announcing the P.U.-litzer Prizes for 2008

Jeff Cohen | Posted 12.18.2008 | Media

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Jeff Cohen

Now in their seventeenth year, the P.U.-litzer Prizes recognize some of the nation's stinkiest media performances. And now, the P.U.-litzers Prizes for 2008.

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Meditation on the Brain: a Conversation with Andrew Newberg

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 12.16.2008 | Living

Read More: Mental Health, Mind.Body.Soul, Andrew Newberg, Mindfulness, David Brooks, Brain Training, Meditation, Prayer, Meditation Practice, Spirituality, Happiness, Living News
Alvaro Fernandez

Specific practices that have traditionally been associated with spiritual contexts may also be very useful from a mainstream, secular, health point of view. Scientists are researching meditation.

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Whom Will He Choose?

Martin Carnoy | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

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Martin Carnoy

With government as the investor of last resort, Obama has broad support to implement major changes in the educational, health care, and energy systems using federal money.

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"You're Either With Us or You're With the Status Quo": Privatization Supporters Push Obama to Pick Their Kind of Education Secretary

Dan Brown | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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Dan Brown

Wrap your arms around the testing mania of Joel Klein, or you're soft on accountability. Embrace Michelle Rhee's nuclear approach to administering schools, or you're a status quo-hugging wuss.

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David Brooks Made Me Wring My Hands: Obama and His Education Secretary Pick

Dan Brown | Posted 12.05.2008 | Media

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Dan Brown

In his most recent op-ed, David Brooks offers Americans a false choice between two distinct camps of education interests. Here's hoping our new president will sweep aside that brand of discourse.

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Obama's Picks and the Ideology of No Ideology

Norman Solomon | Posted 11.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: USA Today, Robert Reich, Economic Crisis, Economy, Constellation Energy, Boeing, David Brooks, Judge Judy, New Yrok Times, PBS "Washington Week", Timothy Geithner, Corporate Power, Mark Weisbrot, Barack Obama, Lawrence Summers, National Mining Association, Ideology, Politics News
Norman Solomon

On Friday, columnist David Brooks informed readers that Barack Obama's picks "are not ideological." The incoming president's key economic adviser...

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Mr. Middle: A Maturity Test For Obama Supporters

Thomas de Zengotita | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Noam Chomsky, Charles Krauthammer, Stock Market, David Brooks, Transition Team, Larry Kudlow, Obama, Sarah Palin, Ralph Nader, Politics News
Thomas de Zengotita

He is aiming, as he always said he would, to bring red and blue together, to create a United States of America. However naïve and unattainable that goal may be -- that is his goal. He is Mr. Middle.

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Pundits, Get Used to It, Obama's Ahead of the Curve

David Latt | Posted 11.23.2008 | Media

Read More: Pundits, David Brooks, Barack Obama, President Obama, Kremlinologists, Barack Obama Transition, Media News
David Latt

Even though the pundits chatter like their Kremlinologist brethren decades ago, they will just have to wait until President Obama works things out.

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Arianna On ABC's This Week, Along With George Will, David Brooks, Robert Kuttner

Huff TV | Posted 11.23.2008 | Media

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Huff TV

Arianna appeared this morning on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos. She participated in the Round Table, along with Washington Post columnis...

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The Meaning of Change Will Be Tested by the Auto Industry Bailout

Mitchell Bard | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

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Mitchell Bard

The question shouldn't be whether or not to bail out the U.S. auto industry, but how assistance to the car manufacturers fits within the larger national energy plan that is greener, self-sustaining and economically positive.

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Ann Coulter Still Yapping

Ben Cohen | Posted 11.17.2008 | Media

Read More: John McCain, Ann Coulter, David Brooks, Conservative Media, Social Conservatives, Political Pundits, Ann Coulter John McCain, The Right, Religious Right, Barack Obama Victory, Ann Coulter Prop 8, Anti-Gay Marriage, 2008 Presidential Election, Media News
Ben Cohen

Coulter's solution to Republican problems is for it to become even more extreme than it already is. It's a recipe for disaster (and hopefully one that the Republicans decide to try).

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David Brooks: Conservative Movement Has "No Leaders," "No Coherent Belief System," In A "World Of Pain"

Huffington Post via ThinkProgress | Nicholas Graham | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics

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Conservative columnist David Brooks envisions very tough times ahead for conservatives. On "Face the Nation" this morning, Brooks says the conservati...

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Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

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Arianna Huffington

In the wake of Obama's overwhelming victory, and Democratic gains in the House and Senate, conservatives are desperately trying to convince the world that these results are meaningless. "Democrats should not make the mistake of viewing Tuesday's results as a repudiation of conservatism," insisted John Boehner. "Barack Obama understands this is a center-right country," claimed Karl Rove. "This country remains every bit as center-right as it has for a generation," parroted Brent Bozell. And David Brooks dreamed of an Obama administration that understands "this was an election where the middle asserted itself." Drunk on self-delusion, a staggering GOP whistles past the electoral graveyard, missing the whole point of this election: the center has shifted, and positions that used to be considered left-wing -- on healthcare, on global warming, on corporate responsibility, on Iraq -- are now solidly mainstream.

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Turning Back the Torches of the GOP

Joshuah Bearman | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: David Brooks, Conspiracy Theories, Politics, John McCain, Karl Rove, Stephen Elliott, Colin Powell, Colin Powell Obama, Obama, 2008 Election, David Frum, Politics News
Joshuah Bearman

With McCain swinging at shadows, like ACORN, Rashid Khalidi, and the liberal media that won't tell the truth, the entire republican apparatus has devolved into an insidious rumor mill.

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David Brooks' Election Day Schedule

Hart Seely | Posted 11.03.2008 | Media

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Hart Seely

11 a.m. Conference call with Cokie Roberts and George Will to gauge opinions of everyday Americans.

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Jason Linkins

GOP Draws Internal Battle Lines Around Sarah Palin

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: David Brooks, John McCain, Peggy Noonan, Mitt Romney, David Frum, Sarah Palin, Politics News

With the GOP looking more and more set to fracture as the possibility of electoral defeat looms, the cannibals' knives are out. Consider this quote, ...

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Liberalism, What Are You Going As for Halloween?

Matt Mendelsohn | Posted 10.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Economy, Obama, Conservatism, Liberal, Liberals, Liberalism, Flag-Pin Lapels, WFTV, Liberal Economics, Karl Marx, Gun Control, Joe Biden, Big Government, Progressive Conservativism, Obama Socialism, Halloween Costumes, Senator Obama, David Brooks, Barbara West and Joe Biden, Socialism, Liberal Capitalism, Adam Smith, Free-Market Economy, Business News
Matt Mendelsohn

This year, it seemed certain that liberalism would show up at the Halloween block party wearing the costume of a self-loathing American: a terrorist-loving, non-flag-pin-lapel-wearing lefty.

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Is This The End Of The "Tough Guy" President?

Ron Mwangaguhunga | Posted 10.21.2008 | Politics

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Ron Mwangaguhunga

The testosterone party is over. And not a moment too soon. America is looking for another type of President, a multilateralist -- flexible, able to admit his or her error, self-examined, and intellectual.

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Nonexistent Patio Man Decries David Brooks' Nonexistent Arguments

Bill Scher | Posted 10.21.2008 | Politics

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Bill Scher

Patio Man, Deck Guy, Porch Dude and Stoop Buddy are all surprised that they still waste five minutes of their day reading David Brooks. Brooks' occas...

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Let the Blame Game Begin

James Carville and Paul Begala | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Karl Rove, Bill Kristol, David Brooks, Sarah Palin, James Carville, Blame Game, Paul Begala, Steve Schmidt, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Mccain Blame Game, Carville Begala, Politics News
James Carville and Paul Begala

We have a message for our Republican friends: It is time to point fingers. We are pro-finger-pointing. And here's the most important thing about finger-pointing: you have to start early.

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David Brooks and Big Words

Ben Cohen | Posted 10.20.2008 | Media

Read More: NY Times, Barack Obama, David Brooks, New York Times Op Ed, Intellectual Conservatives, Sarah Palin, Media, Intellectuals, Media News
Ben Cohen

Brooks distances himself from right wing blowhards like Bill O'Reilly and Rush Limbaugh, but essentially advocates the same policy positions without the bombast, and a lot of fancy words.

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Sarah Palin...If You Don't Read, You Don't Lead

Stefan Sirucek | Posted 10.17.2008 | Home

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Stefan Sirucek

As many know, in her Oct. 3 "do-over" interview with Carl Cameron of Fox News, Sarah Palin claimed to read the New York Times and the Economist. Then...

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No-drama Obama's Double Rope-a-Dope

Jerry Weissman | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Rope-a-Dope, Muhammad Ali, John McCain Attack Ads, John McCain, Ariana Huffington, Ronald Reagan, Presidential Debates, George Foreman, Andrew Sullivan, David Brooks, Sunday Times, New York Times, Jimmy Carter, No Drama Obama, Barack Obama, Politics News
Jerry Weissman

On October 30, 1974, Muhammad Ali, the deposed Heavyweight champion, attempted to regain his crown from the then-reigning champion, George Foreman, in...

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The Beat (It) Goes On: A Conservative Stampede

Jerry Weissman | Posted 10.15.2008 | Media

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Jerry Weissman

The McCain-Palin ticket has had a severe impact on the writers of the right and sent them running for the hills. Witness the crescendo of the stampede.

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McCain & the Missiles of October

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 10.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, McGeorge Bundy, John McCain, Mccain Gambling Anger, Mccain Judgment, Thad Cochran, Maxwell Taylor, Cuban Missile Crisis, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, American Graffiti, Curtis LeMay, David Shoup, George Will, David Brooks, John McCain-John F. Kennedy, McCain Temper, Robert Kennedy, Politics News
Robert S. McElvaine

Many voters are attracted to McCain's quick, "don't look back" decision-making and fancy that he will keep them secure. But would he? The experience of October 1962 strongly suggests otherwise.

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