[hosepipe]

David Brooks is the guy that Mark Shields (on Lehrer's Hour(pBS)) pisses on his leg and tells him the rain is warm today.. and then they all discuss the weather..

Brooks is not too smart.. but knows where his graft is buttered..
All three are partners in crime..

[betty boop]

Brooks is not too smart.. but knows where his graft is buttered..

Indeed. Brooks has, shall we say, a very strong sense of "class identification." Or so it seems to me. The name of that class: Ivy League graduates, especially those with advanced degrees.

In short, he does not — cannot??? — think "outside of that box."

Which strikes me as a disqualification for anyone pretending to be a fair and objective journalist....

Thank you ever so much for your astute insights, dear brother hosepipe!