of the Philip K. Dick novel in which we are all imprisoned.
Here is a link to what Mr. Charlie Pierce has written about Mr. Brooks' latest column.
For anyone who is interested, here is Mr. Brooks from a January 20, 2012 panel of "[f]ive of the country's most influential political minds" -- MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, Republican strategist Alex Castellanos, senior Obama adviser David Axelrod, New York Times columnist David Brooks and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel -- moderated by “This Week” anchor George Stephanopoulos at the University of Chicago International House’s Assembly Hall:
The panelists concluded the discussion with a reflection on the current political climate, and the future of both major political parties. Brooks said that today’s polarized political culture is connected to the disappearance of humility and self-effacement.
“If you have a sense of modesty about yourself, you realize that you need the people who disagree with you because of your own flawed understanding of the world,” he said. “If you think you have the truth by the short-hairs, they’re just in the way.”
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I sense an imbalance within the force. His article is based upon the premise that a 14 yo wants to become a mother. What the fuck is up with that??
Thank you so MUCH for mentioning Charles Pierce. His writing is really good and always entertaining. Everyone should bookmark his blog.
This is the second time in a week I have seen Rachel Maddow in the presence of DFB, and both times she has not called the fire of God's Wrath upon him to burn his ashes into the vitrified ground beneath him.
I am sad.
Mike.K.
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