David Brooks

Is there an echo in here?
In The New York Times today, op-ed columnist David Brooks blasts the Democrats’ House-passed stimulus package with the charge that it doesn’t meet the “timely, targeted and temporary” criteria pushed by supporters:
In a fateful decision, Democratic leaders merged the temporary stimulus measure with their permanent domestic agenda — including big [...]

One of the more frustrating aspects of counterinsurgency is talking to the people who were recently shooting at you — sometimes while they’re shooting at you. Often that gets misinterpreted as softness, but it’s more of a recognition that the only way to achieve a true victory is by coopting your opponents. What looks like [...]

The most interesting angle on President-elect Barack Obama’s bread-breaking with conservatives last night was the intrigue on Rush Limbaugh’s Website.
Speculation swirled all over the EIB: Obama asked for ideas to save the economy, Rush had some good ones on Monday, and Tuesday he’s mysteriously in Washington… coincidence?
Sadly, Sam Stein reports that “Limbaugh was definitely not [...]

Here’s how the latest pool report (courtesy of Ken Bazinet of The New York Daily News) from the Obama transition team ends:
This is for real, folks. The bloggers are going to love this one.
Boy, you’ve got that right.
The PEOTUS departed Hay-Adams at 6:17 p.m. and at arrived at 6:34 p.m. at [address redacted]. Thanks to [...]