tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post7342788900424996613..comments2024-03-28T19:41:59.726-05:00Comments on driftglass: David Brooks: Rotting Down The Bones*driftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-7424700683913803872017-10-20T13:14:50.163-05:002017-10-20T13:14:50.163-05:00You didn't mention WHY he wrote this drivel, i...You didn't mention WHY he wrote this drivel, including: "The popular gloom notwithstanding, we’re actually living in an era of astounding progress."<br /><br />If by getting better he means that the newly appointed justice to the SCOTUS may tip the majority into allowing salespeople to discriminate against customers based on superstitious beliefs; that his party continues to ignore the planet catching on fire; etc.<br /><br />He talks as though HIS party is partly responsible for any progress. He will not admit that his GOP only does damage. "They" have no ideas how to make progress, only cutting taxes for those who need money the least. Any "astounding progress" that's been made is do to "them", the progressives, the dirty hippies.Tom Shefchikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07144475224910518968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-27086160974921177782017-10-18T12:36:42.925-05:002017-10-18T12:36:42.925-05:00I shudder to think what a college professor would ...I shudder to think what a college professor would do to an essay like that. "Support!: "Specific examples!" "F"Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08469262537314894217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-40710948124156061702017-10-17T12:23:33.825-05:002017-10-17T12:23:33.825-05:00Can one hope that thosebillion Chinese sre reading...Can one hope that thosebillion Chinese sre reading Brooks in the smallest room in their house?<br /><br />Exactly, Looney Liberal.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01347115855111060618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-19268087519153984322017-10-17T11:54:54.307-05:002017-10-17T11:54:54.307-05:00I refer you to the words of Thomas Carlyle, the Sa...I refer you to the words of Thomas Carlyle, the Sage of Chelsea: "To the mediocre, mediocrity is excellence."Green Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13477132834757467690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-65467753671372600152017-10-17T10:22:02.703-05:002017-10-17T10:22:02.703-05:00In an ideal world, you'd be writing for the Ne...In an ideal world, you'd be writing for the New York Times, and David Brooks would be asking if I want to upsize my combo meal.Loony Liberalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13324458218967201859noreply@blogger.com