More David Brooks Nonsense

I used to read David Brooks just so I could make fun of the nonsense that emanated from his virtual pen. Recently it has been so absurd I haven't even been able to bring myself to do that. Brad DeLong has done a nice job of dissecting the latest hot air from Brooks however.

Usually, the Minute Man reads David Brooks so that I don't have to. But I think somebody needs to say that there is something deeply, profoundly wrong with Brooks. The worst of all is his closing line: "This is a moment to feel deeply bad, for the dead and for those of us who have no explanation [for why the tsunami happened]." No. This is not a moment to feel bad for those of us who have no explanation for the tsunami and so wallow in existential despair. This is not a moment for that at all.

There is more here and it just gets better. Check it out.