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Atlantic Unbound | Archive
David Brooks ..... Recent articles by David Brooks: How to Run for PresidentA primer for the Democratic candidates from Congress, who face daunting historical odds. People Like UsWe all pay lip service to the melting pot, but we really prefer the congealing pot. The TransformerIs Tony Blair what Bill Clinton should have been? Building Democracy Out of What?The Iraqi people, and anyone who wants to help them, will have to deal with the long-term psychological trauma of life under Saddam. The Return of the PigThe revival of blatant sexism in American culture has many progressive thinkers flummoxed. Kicking the Secularist HabitA six-step program. The Elephantiasis of ReasonThe CIA's brand of rational analysis is perpetually half right in a way that makes it completely wrong. Light Shows of the MindEinstein was right when he said that imagination is more important than knowledge. Superiority ComplexWe have democratized elitism in this country. Now everybody can be a snob. Lions and FoxesDifferent times call for different virtues. A Man On a Gray HorseThe mid-century theologian Reinhold Niebuhr may have gotten a lot of things wrong—but we could use a thinker like him today. A Brief History of Yasir ArafatThe PLO leader is a terrible administrator but a brilliant image crafter. The Culture of MartyrdomHow suicide bombing became not just a means but an end. The Merits of MeritocracyCan self-fulfillment build character? Looking Back on TomorrowIf the century ahead turns out to have a theme, what will it be? Inspired ImmaturityThe midlife crisis as a patriotic duty. A Modest Little WarAn exit strategy isn't a foreign policy. The Organization KidThe young men and women of America's future elite work their laptops to the bone, rarely question authority, and happily accept their positions at the top of the heap as part of the natural order of life. |
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