David Brooks argues that today’s “nurturing, collaborative” educational system would have kept Shakespeare’s Prince Hal from becoming one of England’s great kings.
One thing I appreciate about the New York Times is that many of its columnists routinely mention literature. Maurine Dowd probably does so the most (note this passing reference to T. S. Eliot’s Wasteland), and I once wrote a column on Roger Cohen’s use of The Great Gatsby in a piece on President Obama. (Cohen wrote [...]
Christopher Hitchens I confess to bristling when I hear the name Christopher Hitchens. The intellectual provocateur has been in the news recently, first for publishing his memoirs and second for contracting throat cancer. Although he is smart and well read, he has always struck me as a self-righteous intellectual bully, one who is more interested [...]
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An interesting New York Times column by David Brooks has me doing some more thinking on Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan’s enjoyment of Pride and Prejudice. Here is some of what he wrote: About a decade ago, one began to notice a profusion of Organization Kids at elite college campuses. These were bright students who [...]
