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How the Debacle in Afghanistan Disgraced its Cheerleaders

Jim Sleeper, Huffington Post. March 1, 2012.

For those of us who have been protesting the Afghan war, the sickening collapse of the American-led effort in Kabul is a bitter, disgusting sort of vindication.

Why David Brooks Is Totally Wrong About Income Inequality and the 99%

Alyssa Battistoni, AlterNet. November 4, 2011.

Brooks' latest tries to dismiss the conflict between the 99% and the 1% -- here's why he gets it wrong.

Inside Occupy Wall Street: Journalist-Participant Describes What Life Is Really Like (Complicated and Inspiring) at Zuccotti Park

Kristen Gwynne, AlterNet. October 11, 2011.

AlterNet reporter Gwynne experiences the life, culture, politics and challenges at Occupy Wall Street in NYC and finds an exciting, inspiring model for inclusion and change.

Critic Lambasts David Brooks's Failure of Imagination and Literature in His New Book

Gary Greenberg, The Nation. May 25, 2011.

It is easy to wish, upon reading The Social Animal, that Brooks had stayed in his basement with his collection of books and scientific journals.

Where Did David Brooks Get the Bizarre Idea That the Tea Party Crowd Resembles '60s Movements?

Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet. March 11, 2010.

The Tea Party that worships Sarah Palin and screams for Barack Obama's birth certificate doesn't merit comparison to positive social movements of the 1960s.

Bill Moyers: Haiti's Problems Are Rooted in Its Colonial Legacy

Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Journal. January 27, 2010.

Despite what Pat Robertson and David Brooks tell you, Haiti's devastation is the product of Western domination -- not regressive social norms or Satanism.

Hey David Brooks, How Dare You Blame Haitians?

Amy Wilentz, The Nation. January 25, 2010.

Armchair commentators like David Brooks, who know nothing about Haiti, have rebuked suffering Haitians from the comfort of the U.S. and Europe.

Another Right-Wing Media Fight! Scarborough v. Limbaugh Edition

Leslie Savan, TheNation.com. October 12, 2009.

In this episode, Joe tells Rush who really wears the rants in the GOP.

When Conservatives Attack! David Brooks Takes On Glenn Beck

Ari Melber, TheNation.com. October 5, 2009.

Brooks: "Everyone is convinced that Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, etc, possess real power. And the saddest thing is that even Republican politicians believe it."

David Brooks Says Limbaugh's Hitler References Are Insane -- Where's He Been?

Digby, Hullabaloo. August 10, 2009.

Good for David Brooks. But this is not exactly hardly the first "insane" thing Limbaugh has said.

David Brooks: A Republican Senator Put "His Hand on My Inner Thigh" for a "Whole" Dinner Party

Matt Corley, ThinkProgress. July 11, 2009.

Brooks says politicians are all emotional freaks of one sort or another.

Conservatives Are Waging a War on Empathy -- We Can't Let Them Win

George Lakoff, AlterNet. June 1, 2009.

Conservatives are trying to redefine empathy as irrational personal feeling. In fact, empathy is the basis of our democracy and must be defended.

If David Brooks Thinks He Knows So Much About Afghanistan, He Should Debate Robert Greenwald

ZP Heller, Brave New Films. April 2, 2009.

Is the NY Times columnist trying to downplay the crisis in Afghanistan?

Hightower: Conservatives Are Blind, Deaf and Dumb to Class Warfare

Jim Hightower, Creators Syndicate. March 12, 2009.

Are right-wingers really claiming that the U.S. has never been riven by class resentment? Get out your history books.

Obama's Pre-Emptive Reponse to Attacks on Education

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. March 11, 2009.

The more the president's detractors push the White House to scale back its agenda, the more Obama pushes back.

Wimpy David Brooks Cowed by Michelle Obama's Biceps

Bonnie Fuller, Huffington Post. March 10, 2009.

Maybe if Republicans took a cue from the First Lady and hit the gym, the endorphins would finally spark some new ideas from their camp.

Right-Wingers and Neocons Love Obama's Cabinet Appointments

Jeremy Scahill, AlterNet. November 30, 2008.

A collection of praise for Obama's White House team from Karl Rove, David Brooks, Henry Kissinger and more.

Paul Krugman Predicts the Future of the GOP, and it Ain't Pretty

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. November 3, 2008.

Is the GOP completing its "long transformation into the party of the unreasonable right, a haven for racists and reactionaries," as Krugman writes?

David Brooks: The New York Times' Favorite Conservative Con Man

Nick Bromell, AlterNet. February 1, 2008.

Deep beneath his protective sheath of psychic blubber, NYT columnist David Brooks knows that he's a fake and a failure.

Columnists War Breaks out at 'NYT'

Greg Mitchell, Editor & Publisher. November 14, 2007.

New York Times columnists Bob Herbert, Paul Krugman and David Brooks battle it out over Reagan and racism.

One Down: Obscenely Decadent War Profiteer Hauled Off in Handcuffs

Sarah Anderson, AlterNet. October 26, 2007.

It looks like the party may be over for one corporate crook.

David Brooks: The Sloppy Hamiltonian

Amy Traub, June 8, 2007.

Amy Traub: In another dysfunctional column David Brooks gets economics, philosophy and plain old reality wrong.

...your huddled masses yearning to maximize earnings during each two-year window

Elana Levin, May 23, 2007.

No one seems to like the Senate immigration bill in its current form-- except President Bush and New York Times columnist David Brooks.

David Brooks doesn't like your kid's clothes

Amy Traub, February 26, 2007.

Amy Traub: The Times' conservative columnist is more concerned with hipster parents' clothes than whether the tax policies of the city support working families

How Neocon David Brooks Gets Human Nature (and Everything Else) Completely Wrong

Evan Derkacz, February 22, 2007.

Glenn W. Smith: We are children of Rousseau and Hobbes