The NYT's op-ed page is particularly worth reading today. The
column by Paul Krugman suggests the answer to club's post yesterday about crediting the government for arresting that Somali in Ohio. Under Ashcroft, the DOJ is so PR-oriented that it's hard to have faith in what they're saying. Ashcroft too consistently makes terror-related headlines at times that seem much too convenient.
But
the better column is David Brooks', about the sorts of educated elites who support Democrats and Republicans ("professionals" and "managers"). Brooks and his new book have received a lot of criticism lately, well-deserved in my view, but this column is the sort of thing he turns out at the top of his game. I'm not going to try to summarize it because I'll sound like Brooks when he's off his game, but check it out.
