David Brooks

Is David Brooks Comparing Michelle Obama to a Lawn Jockey?

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 02.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: New York Times, Michelle Obama, Ann Coulter, Lawn Jockey, William Kristol, Barack Obama, David Brooks, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

David Brooks has distinguished himself as the reactionary intelligentsia's Ann Coulter, and he tipped the Right's hand in its preference for Hillary Clinton this November.

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Conservative Media Falling Out Of Love With Hillary

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 02.15.2008 | Media

Read More: Rupert Murdoch, Matt Drudge, Hillary Clinton, David Brooks, Media News

Over the course of her six years as a New York senator and in the early days of her presidential campaign, Hillary Rodham Clinton cultivated an unlike...

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Myths of the Crazy Ape #2: When In Doubt, Choose (Vote) Your Gut-Feeling

Dan Agin | Posted 02.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Undecided Voters, Barack Obama, David Brooks, Voting, Politics News
Dan Agin

Tossing a coin is more rational (and less dangerous) than voting your gut-feeling.

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John Edwards, Celebrity, and Staying In The Game

Gale Walden | Posted 01.25.2008 | Home

Read More: John Edwards, Salon, David Brooks, Ron Paul, Dennis Quaid, The Smothers Brothers, Dick Van Dyke, Pat Paulsen, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Edwards Win GOP, Edwards Media Attacks, John Edwards South Carolina, Edwards Media Criticism, Edwards Populism Attacks, Edwards Obama Clinton, John Edwards Viability, Home News
Gale Walden

Not to bite the hand that doesn't feed me, but it hasn't been only mainstream media outlets that have backed off on covering John Edwards (and Joe Biden and Chris Dodd before him).

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John McCain, Neocon

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 01.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Kristol McCain, Victorians, Bill Kristol, They Knew They Were Right: The Rise of the Neocons, Midge Decter, David Brooks, Bill Kristol New York Times, Winston Churchill, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Bill Kristol Iraq, Neoconservatives, Politics News
Jacob Heilbrunn

McCain represents for the neocons the ultimate synthesis of war hero and politician. And he in turn, has been increasingly drawn to their militaristic vision of the U.S. that can set wrong aright around the globe.

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George W. Bush's Kleptonomics Led Us To Recession

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 01.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Grover Norquist, Franklin Roosevelt, David Brooks, George W. Bush, Richard Stevenson, Kleptonomics, Bush Economy, U.S. Economy, Economy, Privatizing Social Security, Recession, Business News
Joseph A. Palermo

Maybe all of those Republican charlatans who were pushing for Social Security privatization will finally admit their ideologically-driven assault on FDR's New Deal was a failure.

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You've Gotta Fight for Your Right to the Democratic Party

Trey Ellis | Posted 01.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Edwards, Karl Rove, Hillary Clinton, David Brooks, Barack Obama, New Hampshire Primary, New Hampshire, Politics News
Trey Ellis

To either win the presidency or succeed once he's in office Barack is going to have to borrow some of Hillary's expertise in palace intrigue and realpolitik and some of Edwards's anger.

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Company-Looting CEO Essentially Barred From Having Sex

New York Post | KIERAN CROWLEY | Posted 01.04.2008 | Business

Read More: Ankel Bracelet, DHB Industries, John Martin, Body Armor, David Brooks, Business News

A high-flying exec accused of stealing $200 million from his body-armor firm was released on bail yesterday in a deal that effectively bars him from h...

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Conservative Movement Juggernaut Scaife Admits To Affair

Vanity Fair | Joseph Gross | Posted 01.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Social Conservatives, Conservatives, Conservatives Bill Clinton, Monica Lewinsky, David Brooks, Vanity Fair, Clinton Right-Wing Conspiracy, RIchard Mellon Scaife, Politics News

Over many years, in the five households the couple shared, the wife hired scores of servants to help take care of her rich husband. Then, in 2005, she...

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My Husband's Farewell To The Times

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 12.29.2007 | Media

Read More: New York Times, Herald Tribune, William Safire, Bill Kristol, David Brooks, Bill Kristol New York Times, Media News
Kathleen Reardon

If you hire William Kristol, it will be the final cut. You will have betrayed everything I have ever admired in the Times.

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Why are Karl Rove and the Neocons Endorsing Obama?

Taylor Marsh | Posted 12.19.2007 | Politics

Read More: Neocons, David Brooks, Abortion, 2008, Karl Rove, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Politics News
Taylor Marsh

Obama's handgun ban will be a delicious treat for the wingnuts.

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David Brooks Mangles History to Mask Neocon Failures

David Fiderer | Posted 12.11.2007 | Media

Read More: David Brooks, Media News
David Fiderer

In referencing the 1945 election that turned Winston Churchill out of office, Brooks doesn't rewrite history so much as he twists or perverts it.

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Against All Odds, David Brooks Hits A New Low.

James Boyce | Posted 12.11.2007 | Politics

Read More: New York Times, Iraq, David Brooks, Politics News
James Boyce

Seemingly, we are in a golden moment where the American people know what matters, Iraq, even if our politicians and our 'journalists' do not.

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What's With Chris Matthews Flacking Obama?

Tom Baer | Posted 11.25.2007 | Politics

Read More: Media Bias, David Brooks, Chris Matthews Show, Iowa, John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, Democratic Primary, Iowa Polls, Elizabeth Bumiller, Chris Matthews, Barack Obama, Horserace, Politics News
Tom Baer

The fluid situation in Iowa deserves a more balanced account than that being broadcast by Chris Matthews.

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Jason Linkins

'Trust Us, We're Experts!': George Will Predicts Ron Paul Will Finish In The Double-Digits in New Hampshire

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.18.2007 | Politics

Read More: George Will, David Brooks, Ron Paul, Politics News

According to David Brooks, the state of New Hampshire is blanketed with "posters" for Ron Paul, which can be seen as you "drive around." And we've go...

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A Story Ignored: Body Armor Executive Indicted for Massive Fraud

Rep. Louise Slaughter | Posted 11.07.2007 | Politics

Read More: Profiteering, Corruption, Body Armor, War, Louise Slaughter, Iraq, Point Blank, Pentagon, Contractors, Greed, Private Contractors, Sandra Hatfield, David H. Brooks, Point Blanke Solutions, David Brooks, Enron, Politics News
Rep. Louise Slaughter

Have we become so desensitized to the corruption and excesses of George Bush's war in Iraq that even this sordid tale of greed is to be greeted with little more than a yawn?

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Disgraced CEO Looted Company For Jessica Simpson Performance At Son's Bar Mitzvah

New York Post | Richard Johnson | Posted 11.01.2007 | Business

Read More: Looted Company for Bat Mitzvah, Crime, David Brooks, Business News

DISGRACED David Brooks, who allegedly looted his body armor company to throw a $10 million bat mitzvah for his daughter, did the same with his compan...

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Redefining Conservatism -- a Defensive and Offensive Tactic

Katherine A. Forrest | Posted 10.10.2007 | Politics

Read More: Neoconservatives, Conservative Policies, David Brooks, Edmund Burke, Republican Collapse, Politics News
Katherine A. Forrest

David Brooks, who is an proficient strategic communicator for the Right, is also seeking to repair the damage that has been done to the label "conservative" by redefining it in benevolent manner.

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