9. There's the model of affiliating with an academic institution (true of countless little literary magazines and of course of much scholarly publishing).
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Brooks has all the dough he can handle thanks to the NYT. He wants an outlet that will continue launder people like Tucker Carlson to push the window of polite discussion.
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This, in fact, is what rubs me the wrong way about ALL of Brooks's columns. That or the fact that NYT plutocrats already do hand him lots of dough to write whatever he wants.
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Ever since Geo. W, Brooks has moved from a political beat (where he was defending the indefensible) to the cultural/sociological one. Class warfare? He never heard of it. Naked Republican greed and corruption abetted by rightwing plutocrats? No, let's talk about the psyche.
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I totally agree with your take.
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@newrepublic &@weeklystandard were both great publications before they were sunk by dilettantes unwilling to fund good writing. It's apples to apples.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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When wondering why a David Brooks column rubs one the wrong way, I find it useful to start with the fact that it was written by David Brooks. One rarely finds the need to look much further afield.
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Your thread took more words than Brooks’ article. Summarized: the Standard relied too heavily on a small set of very large donors for its revenue. The End
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Brooks took money for speaking at Hope College, a school that wouldn't hire him if he applied for a job because he is a Jew.
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