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March 01, 2005

Back to the nineteenth century

David Brooks has been given a new gig at the New York Times: writing the "Revisiting the 19th Century" column.

Posted by robe0419 at March 1, 2005 11:51 AM | TrackBack
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That'll be: quick reference to some 19th-century novel, followed by loosely-related sounding off about all the things going wrong with modern society today, then.

Can't wait for the positive side of husbands' absolute rights over wives and children, women not having the vote and being banned from going to university, twelve hour working days, children being sent up chimneys, and so on...

Posted by: Sharon at March 1, 2005 01:28 PM
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