Tag: David Brooks

Operation Dumbo Drop

Should Sarah Palin be dropped from the Republican ticket? David Brooks at The New York Times: Is Sarah Palin qualified to be vice president? Most conservatives say yes, on the grounds that something that feels so good could not possibly be wrong. But a few commentators, like George Will, Charles Krauthammer, David Frum and Ross Douthat demur, suggesting in different …

Obama: The Real Deal?

He may as well be a brother from another planet: “Greetings; Take me as I am— not as you think I should be.” The “new politics” of Barack Obama are leaving many Americans lost in his dust. Traditionally they may have been categorized— and understood themselves to be— “liberals,” “conservatives,” “progressives,” “Republicans,” “Democrats,” and “Independents.” Not so surprisingly, a sizable …