We all have our issues with the news media. There are just too many to name, count, or even describe generally. It’s a mess out there, whether it’s corporate power, two-siding every issue, hell, even just describing facts. So, I will limit this post to just one issue: I am simply begging the news media to stop covering voters and start covering elected officials. Barely a day goes by without some story popping around where either a Trump voter says why they voted for Trump (you know, to educate the libs), or somebody who is very hurt...
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New York Times Columnist Line of the Day
If you frequent this here premier “web log,” there’s a good chance you may once or twice have read the New York Times op-ed page. You might even 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 Brooks—Jesus Christ, it’s always from David Brooks—who in his column today, “The New Old Liberalism,” writes about Hillary Clinton’s economic speech: “This speech was more Children’s Defense Fund than...
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If you frequent this here premier “web log,” there’s a good chance you may once or twice have read the New York Times op-ed page. You might even 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 Brooks, who in his Mothers Day column today, extols the virtues of aristocracy (because of course he did): We should fight unfair advantages like legacy admissions, but we...
Continue reading...New York Times Columnist Line of the Day
If you frequent this here premier “web log,” there’s a good chance you may once or twice have read the New York Times op-ed page. You might even 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 a doozy and comes from our old pal David Brooks, who in his column today, “The Lost Language of Privacy,” writes: Cop-cams will insult families. Honestly, there was so much...
Continue reading...New York Times Columnist Line of the Day
If you frequent this here premier “web log,” there’s a good chance you may once or twice have read the New York Times op-ed page. You might even 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 Brooks, who in his column today, “The Problem with Meaning,” writes: Meaningfulness tries to replace structures, standards and disciplines with self-regarding emotion. Honestly, the rest of it makes...
Continue reading...New York Times Columnist Line of the Day
If you frequent this here premier “web log,” there’s a good chance you may once or twice have read the New York Times op-ed page. You might even 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 yet another from Thomas Friedman, who in his column today, “Freud and the Middle East” (oh brother), writes: Just as there is a little bit of West Bank “Jewish settler”...
Continue reading...New York Times Columnist Line of the Day
If you frequent this here premier “web log,” there’s a good chance you may once or twice have read the New York Times op-ed page. You might even 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 Brooks, whose whole column today, “Death by Data,” could just be the line of the day, brings us this nugget: They’re not asking: How can I guarantee affordable contraception? OH...
Continue reading...New York Times Columnist Line of the Day
If you frequent this here premier “web log,” there’s a good chance you may once or twice have read the New York Times op-ed page. You might even 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 Brooks, who opens his column today with the following thing that at first blush appears to be a sentence: The toughest part of governing is the effect on the...
Continue reading...New York Times Columnist Line of the Day
If you frequent this here premier “web log,” there’s a good chance you may once or twice have read the New York Times op-ed page. You might even 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 a fucking doozy from Maureen Dowd, who in her column today, “It’s the Loyalty, Stupid,” writes: So when I think of [Robin] Williams, I think of [Michael] Kelly. And when I...
Continue reading...New York Times Columnist Line of the Day
If you frequent this here premier “web log,” there’s a good chance you may once or twice have read the New York Times op-ed page. You might even 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 Thomas Friedman, who in his column today, “Dear Guests,” writes regarding the Israeli-Hamas conflict: More and more, this is becoming a religious conflict. Um.
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