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BaronChocula

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11. What has David Brooks ever been right about?

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Jan 30, 2026, 01:41 PM

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Yes, he eventually comes around. But this is not any kind of forward thinking as much as being dragged with the flow. I wouldn't even let him join the Whiffenpoofs, not to mention the Yale faculty.

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Sure is. NewHendoLib Friday #18

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Yale is going this shallow right wing "pundit" a prominent role with the university? Why? Martin68 Friday #15

So long to Brooks's Irish Setter "Moral Hazard" Simeon Salus Friday #19

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