David Brooks

Utility isn't / the only moral challenge. / Be good, not useful. nyti.ms/JKiXLZ

Let's pretend that our / President's poll numbers are / Because he's manly. nyti.ms/LosezU

Ben Franklin was smart. / The world therefore should realize / America rocks. http://nyti.ms/eBYvhs

Let's return now to the / Prosperity of the Bush / Administration. http://nyti.ms/bH8TyG

Palin's popular. / But (I swear) there are other / Republicans, too. http://nyti.ms/bH8TyG

The environment / is okay but I'd rather / have more swimming pools. http://nyti.ms/aABV69

despite Tea Party, / Dems losing in November. / thank you, Chuck Rangel. http://nyti.ms/cKnTqz

capitalism / many women in Hummers / brooks is postexcess? http://nyti.ms/9lLd2B

Business strategy / Helps us model our selfhood. / But what about chance? http://nyti.ms/bNxeFl

Government people / are good, but kvetch. Reporter / scalped fine general. http://nyti.ms/aUcZFc

Two ways to live life: / One is more American, / the other's lazy. http://nyti.ms/bNxeFl

Whether we're in a / long boom" or a "nasty crawl, / Bipartisanship. http://nyti.ms/9OcegC

The moon shot approach / Can unleash America. / I am moderate. http://nyti.ms/9OcegC

Ben works very hard / and dislikes bullshit artists. / For whom does Ben vote? http://nyti.ms/9LGJUY

Haitian squalor is / Hard. Did you know that I am / White? Don't try to help. http://nyti.ms/9uorEq

poor guys, less jobs now / more gals working now than guys / youngin's got it rough http://nyti.ms/dbCwER

The difficult Truth: / Haiti does not need aid, hard / Work improves culture. http://nyti.ms/9uorEq

Magic green jacket / Gives me good ideas for Dems. / Why am I not one? http://nyti.ms/ctZouV

God gave us morals. / Harvard profs doubt that but they / Miss the big picture. http://nyti.ms/bjH8Im

Both parties enlarged / Bureaucracies. This sets up / A new culture war. http://nyti.ms/bjH8Im