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  • The Summoned Self

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    New York Times: The Summoned Self by David Brooks This is a column about two ways of thinking about your life. The first is what you might call the Well-Planned Life. It was nicely described by Clayton Christensen in the current issue of the Harvard Business Review, in an essay based on a recent commencement…

  • The Technocracy Boom

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    New York Times (David Brooks): The Technocracy Boom When historians look back on the period between 2001 and 2011, they will be amazed that a nation that professed to hate bureaucracy produced so much of it. During the first part of this period, the Republicans were in control. They expanded a vast national security bureaucracy.…

  • The Larger Struggle (Democratic Capitalism vs State Capitalism)

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    New York Times: The Larger Struggle  David Brooks These days we are transfixed by the struggle between BP and the U.S. government. This is a familiar conflict — between a multinational company trying to make a profit and the government trying to regulate the company and hold it accountable. But this conflict is really a…

  • The Democrats Rejoice

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    New York Times: The Democrats Rejoice  David Brooks  I especially loved the last paragraph. Parties come to embody causes. For the past 90 years or so, the Republican Party has, at its best, come to embody the cause of personal freedom and economic dynamism. For a similar period, the Democratic Party has, at its best,…

  • The MA Election: A Rebellion Against the Leviathan?

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    It's now been a week since the senatorial election in Massachusetts. I've heard the pundits and their myriad reasons for Scott Brown winning. What does this election mean for Obama and the Dems as we enter the State of the Union address this evening? My favorite reflection on the election's significance was written as the…

  • The Long Voyage Home

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    New York Times: The Long Voyage Home (David Brooks) Republicans generally like Westerns. They generally admire John Wayne-style heroes who are rugged, individualistic and brave. They like leaders — from Goldwater to Reagan to Bush to Palin — who play up their Western heritage. Republicans like the way Westerns seem to celebrate their core themes…

  • David Brooks: A moderate manifesto

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    International Herald Tribune: David Brooks: A moderate manifesto You wouldn't know it some days, but there are moderates here in the United States – moderate conservatives, moderate liberals, just plain moderates. We sympathize with a lot of the things that President Obama is trying to do. We like his investments in education and energy innovation.…

  • Lost in the crowd

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    International Herald Tribune: Lost in the crowd. David Brooks offers some interesting reflections on Malcolm Gladwell's book, Outliers. All day long, you are affected by large forces. Genes influence your intelligence and willingness to take risks. Social dynamics unconsciously shape your choices. Instantaneous perceptions set off neural reactions in your head without you even being…

  • Bailout to Nowhere

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    New York Times (David Brooks): Bailout to Nowhere Not so long ago, corporate giants with names like PanAm, ITT and Montgomery Ward roamed the earth. They faded and were replaced by new companies with names like Microsoft, Southwest Airlines and Target. The U.S. became famous for this pattern of decay and new growth. Over time,…

  • Big Government Ahead

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    New York Times: Big Government Ahead (David Brooks) … When you add it all up, we’re not talking about a deficit that is 5 percent of G.D.P., but something much, much, much larger. The new situation will reopen old rifts in the Democratic Party. One the one side, liberals will argue (are already arguing) that…