Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Entertaining Rants Against David Brooks

I've seen lots of complains about David Brooks latest column. David Atkins asks How does this man still have a job?.

"Brooks thinks that two-thirds of the country is doing OK, and it's only the bottom third that is in trouble? That moralizing about having a wedding ceremony before childbirth will solve income inequality? That conservatives are somehow opposed to benefit cuts? That the best way to help the poor and middle class is to expand tax credits that further erode the ability to spend on needed programs like education? Most of what Brooks says is nonsensical or based on false premises, and the rest is delusional.

There are millions of Americans with analytical and writing skills superior to those of Brooks. Some of them can be found in the nation's middle schools. That the New York Times still sees fit to employ Brooks is one minor symptom of the nation's disregard for meritocratic equality of opportunity. Why does this guy still have a job, again?
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