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07.02.10

Deformed conservatism: David Brooks rebrands the failed philosophy of George W. Bush.(Ideas)

WRITING A WEEK after the 2008 presidential election, New York Times columnist David Brooks tried to handicap the "fight over the future of conservatism." It would be a battle between "traditionalists," who want to "Cut government, cut taxes, restrict immigration," and "reformers," who agree with an Publication: The American Conservative

03.06.10

Krugman vs. Krugman

Paul Krugman, the hyper-partisan columnist for the New York Times, must have been a competent economist at one time. But those days are so far in the past that even Krugman apparently can no longer remember them. James Taranto documents the extent of Krugman's amnesia:

Former Enron adviser Paul Krugman takes note in his New York Times column of what he calls "the incredible gap that has opened up between the parties":

01.05.10

Pants Crease Snob Laments Influence of Ordinary Americans

David "Bottomtooth" Brooks, the New York Waste of Times alleged token Republican columnist, laments that Tea-Party Patriots are more influential than his elite school chums:

11.02.09

Morning Briefs: Stuff You've Probably Already Read Somewhere Else

Good Morning Campers and Whining Leftist Milk-Babies,

04.13.09

World's Worst Columnist?

It's a tough competition, of course, but it's hard to imagine that any columnist in America could be more inept than Paul Krugman. I used to enjoy beating up on Krugman, but haven't read him for a long time--life is short. But today I happened to notice this column, which attacks the Republican Party and the tea party movement.

03.31.09

Confidence in GWOT Falters

Hillary Clinton confirmed a day or two ago that the Obama administration will no longer refer to the "war on terror." That isn't necessarily a bad thing; most conservatives were never very happy with that formula (although I, for one, wasn't able to come up with a better one). The problem is that this looks like one more instance of the Obama administration putting too much emphasis on words rather than deeds, and being prone to wishful thinking--i.e., if we stop talking about the terrorist threat, maybe it will go away.