Tag Archive 'Charles Murray'

Dear Mr. Brooks: The program you are looking for is the draft

I want a job at the New York Times.  It is clearly a place that pays people to be stupid.  David Brooks gives Charles Murray’s Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010 a very nice review.  Coming Apart claims that there is a big divide between rich Americans and poor Americans.  I like Charles [...]

Fair and unfair criticism of Glenn Beck

I have to open this post by saying that I have never seen Glenn Beck, not even for a second.  I don’t like the emotional school of journalism and, in any event, I prefer to read, not watch, my news.  I do appreciate Glenn Beck, however, for two things:  his ability and willingness to break [...]