Tag Archives: David Brooks

When a Nation Forgets Its Own Clichés (‘Drudge Up’ Edition)

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Campaign Outsider

From our That’s Just Sad desk Every now and again the headscratching staff chronicles the mangled phrases of the differently clichéd among us and, man, they are legion. So here’s another roll call, dating back 12 months. • Last August, … Continue reading →

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Matt Labash Makes Kim Jong Ill

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff has long been an un(L)abashed fan of Weekly Standard feature writer Matt Labash, and his latest piece makes us even more so. Troublemaker for Tyrants Thor Halvorssen hammers the Kims From the moment his dead-of-night emails, texts, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged David Brooks, Davos for Dissidents, Hugo Chavez, Human Rights Foundation, Ji Seong-ho, Jimmy Wales, Kang Chol-hwan, Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong Un, Kin Jong-il, Leopoldo López, Matt Labash, North Korea, Now Action Unity and Human Rights, Oslo freedom Forum, Park Sang-hak, Peter Thiel, Sergey Brin, Sidney Awards, South Korea, The Interview, The Weekly Standard, Thor Halvorssen, Yeon-mi Park | Leave a comment

Hack Attack! Salon’s Brutal Takedown of Bigfoot Journalists

Posted on December 28, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Salon’s Alex Pareene has assembled a Top Ten Hackorama of Political Journalists and it’s a corker (tip o’ the pixel to AlterNet). Pareene blowtorches some of the most notable members of the chinstrokerati, “[channeling] each media figure’s ‘unique’ voice — … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alex Pareene, AlterNet, Benny Johnson, Bob Woodward, Business Insider, Buzzfeed, chinstrokerati, David Brooks, Erick Erickson, Game Change, George Will, Henry Blodget, John Heilemann, Malcolm Gladwell, Mark Halperin, Maureen Dowd, Mike Allen, New York Times, Paul Krugman, Politico, RedState, Richard Cohen, Salon, The New Yorker, Thomas Friedman, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post | 2 Comments

NYT’s Brooks: Barney Frank ‘Egregiously Immoral’

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Today’s New York Times op-ed page features a David Brooks-as-usual column about Washington business as usual: [T]he most devastating scandal in recent history involved dozens of the most respected members of the Washington establishment. Their behavior was not out of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barney Frank, David Brooks, Fannie Mae, James Johnson, New York Times | 9 Comments

Brave News World Of Linkmanship

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff has been, well, working hard to keep up with the Tucson-shootings media rumpus, which continuously feeds off itself like some sort of artificial unintelligence. Exhibit A: Sarah Palin’s idiotic “blood libel” accusation about criticism of her. Exhibit … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Andrew Sullivan, artificial unintelligence, Charles Krauthammer, David Brooks, Ed Schultz, linksmanship, New York Times, Paul Krugman, Sarah Palin, The Atlantic | 16 Comments

New York Times Hitched To Christopher

Posted on July 3, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

The New York Times has been a veritable Christopher Hitchens-rama over the past few weeks. In reverse order: Nice David Brooks piece in Friday’s Times about “the essayist Christopher Hitchens announc[ing] that he has cancer of the esophagus and will … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged "but" graf, Christopher Hitchens, David Brooks, Deborah Solomon, Hitch-22, Jennifer Senior, New York Times | Leave a comment

“D’You Read David Brooks’ Latest Column?”

Posted on January 13, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Yes. D’you? David Brooks’ Tuesday New York Times piece led with an amazing array of statistics (and not just because I’m Jewish by attraction): Jews are a famously accomplished group. They make up 0.2 percent of the world population, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged David Brooks, Jewish by attraction, Jewish Nobel physics laureates | 2 Comments

Welcome Matt

Posted on December 26, 2009 by Campaign Outsider

New York Times op-ed columnist David Brooks distributed his annual Sidney awards on Christmas Day, and this year’s festivities included a repeat winner: I try not to give Sidneys to the same people year after year, but the fact is, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged David Brooks, Detroit, Marion Barry, Matt Labash, Roger Stone, Sidney Awards | 1 Comment

Conservative PunditWorld, Hasan Edition

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Campaign Outsider

Nice compare/contrast on Tuesday between the hard-right chattering classes and the moderate-conservative chinstrokerati. Representing the former: Wasp-penned Wall Street Journal editorial board member Dorothy Rabinowitz. Representing the latter: Every-liberal’s-favorite-conservative David Brooks, New York Times op-ed columnist. Both Brooks and Rabinowitz … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged David Brooks, Dorothy Rabinowitz, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan | 4 Comments