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My god this David Brooks column is SO David Brooks it hurts. First (I mean second), this line: Fertility rates, a good marker of confidence, are down. Is there a machine that pumps out David Brooks weird columns about how all economic and social ills are actually because confidence or values or emotions? Now, let\’s unpack this paragraph. I\’m just gonna go ahead and edit it for, well, correctness: No, a big factor here is a loss in self-confidencemoney. It takes faithmoney to move. You are putting yourself through temporary expense and hardship because you have faithmoneyso...

If you’re one of the three people who remembers this here blog from its hay-day, you have once in a blue moon checked out the New York Times op-ed page. You probably recognize the names of the columnists, who every day spout the most conventionally wise of the conventional wisdom. This is a feature that is dedicated to these folks, highlighting one line that is either funny, ridiculous, strange, or actually intelligent or well-written. Today\’s is from Paul \”The Little Professor\” Krugman, who in his column today \”Writing Off the Unemployed,\” writes: Indeed, one often gets the...

If you’re one of the three people who remembers this here blog from its hay-day, you have once in a blue moon checked out the New York Times op-ed page. You probably recognize the names of the columnists, who every day spout the most conventionally wise of the conventional wisdom. This is a feature that is dedicated to these folks, highlighting one line that is either funny, ridiculous, strange, or actually intelligent or well-written. Today\’s is from David \”Good God You Have A Job Doing This?\” Brooks, who in his column today \”Other People\’s Views,\” writes: We...

If you’re one of the three people who remembers this here blog from its hay-day, you have once in a blue moon checked out the New York Times op-ed page. You probably recognize the names of the columnists, who every day spout the most conventionally wise of the conventional wisdom. This is a feature that is dedicated to these folks, highlighting one line that is either funny, ridiculous, strange, or actually intelligent or well-written. Today\’s is from Gail \”The Colander\” Collins, who in her column today, \”Calling All Candidates,\” writes: Some voters get primaries, others barely get...

If you’re one of the three people who remembers this here blog from its hay-day, you have once in a blue moon checked out the New York Times op-ed page. You probably recognize the names of the columnists, who every day spout the most conventionally wise of the conventional wisdom. This is a feature that is dedicated to these folks, highlighting one line that is either funny, ridiculous, strange, or actually intelligent or well-written. Today\’s is from Ross \”Do That Thing\” Douthat, who in his column yesterday \”The G.O.P.\’s Immigration Delusion,\” wrote: Admittedly, a big push for...

If you’re one of the three people who remembers this here blog from its hay-day, you have once in a blue moon checked out the New York Times op-ed page. You probably recognize the names of the columnists, who every day spout the most conventionally wise of the conventional wisdom. This is a feature that is dedicated to these folks, highlighting one line that is either funny, ridiculous, strange, or actually intelligent or well-written. Sometimes it\’s fun when it\’s just devoid of context. Today\’s is from Gail \”The Collander\” Collins, who in her column today \”How preschool...