I asked "why do they pay David Brooks to write drivel like this?"
Despite it being drivel, it does generate comment. Lots and lots of it.
But I still think that it's not a column that thoughtfully provokes comment -- it's a column that provokes comment because of so many unexamined assumptions, and as I mentioned, the contradictions with other ideas -- specifically, his glorification of suburban materialism -- that seem to be pretty fundamental to Brooks' world view.
Posted by robe0419 at January 18, 2005 8:56 AM