Seen here in the comments section:
The reason people loathe Brooks so much, and it’s a good reason, is his rank hypocrisy. He talks about values, yet most of his work has no research base and is easily skewered. After years of lecturing people about their immoral ways, he dumps his wife of 34 years and marries his research assistant. After forcing his first wife to convert to Judaism and change her name, he married his second wife without the requirement and is now saying she has made him rethink his “superficial” ideas about Christianity.
So you can absolutely bank on the fact that David Brooks has done everything he can with his considerable power to give his kids every advantage. But now, the putz is going to lecture his readers on the poor people.
He lies. He’s a hypocrite. He’s a moralizing vacuous jerk.
But hey, he’s your friend, so go ahead and defend him.
