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more about #davidbrooks rocknrollunicorn: Oh my, I clicked the link and found I had neither the time nor the energy to read that dribble. Which is not to say "who cares?" I do care, that peopl... more » superconnected (is it time to leave?): She reminds me of Rex Murphy of the Globe and Mail, who also makes ridiculous Shakespearian references. Anyone know what I mean? more » PilgrimSoul: Dowd needs to cut down on the group therapy. There are places free association exercises should never happen. The Times Op Ed page is one of them. ... more » robinsparkles: Jezebel is the Desdemona to my Othello. Now that I have demonstrated my ability to make nonsensical comparisons I will submit this comment as part of ... more » lilbobbytables: Journalists are never supposed to start a piece with a scene in a taxi because it signals either laziness about gathering facts or a tendency to embro... more » braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: What...wait...what? Did she just...is it my imagination, or are those two completely separate half-columns that she's patched together? more » eve804: "Sometimes I think half the reason Obama ran for president is so Michelle would have a platform to show off her biceps." Really, David Brooks? I mean,... more » morninggloria: It's like a brain yoga class taught by an earthworm. more » Little Green Frog (Wise Latina): I CHOKED on my lovely Sunday breakfast yesterday, people! The NYT should have a heads up for columns like this. more » tscheese: I have ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA where this article is going. It's like a word salad pastiche funfetti surprise upside-down cake. more » AthertonMerriweather: Dowd is intimidated by Mrs. Obama and also very jealous. more » NoelleBlue: Heh! As soon as I saw this yesterday I wrote my sister and mother about how, even when being complimentary, I HATE when Maureen Dowd talks about anoth... more » the.bleach: Maureen Dowd, if someone says any of the following to you, DON'T PRINT IT. It does NOT make it better if you pleasantly disagree after printing it. ... more » SomeAuthorGirl: Jesus. I invite both Maureen Dowd and David Brooks to take a long look at themselves and, hopefully, STFU before they come up with more inane notions ... more » RoseColette (fewer thorns; more coffee): Maureen Dowd's ramblings have been slipping into Michelle Malking territory of crazy. "In the taxi, when I asked David Brooks about her amazing arms, ... more » Vivi21: One of the things I dislike about DC is how buttoned-up it can be at times. It's like, drop the prudish, puritanical attitudes already! Christ on a cr... more » NefariousNewt: Maureen, you should have stuck to the idea that's it's not good to start a story off in a cab. more » Moloko: "Her broad-brush view of history associates Brits with the wicked white global hegemony responsible for the slave trade." Michelle's a very smart and ... more » tonightineed is actually Mrs. Ziegler-Spock: We should really just have our own news channel, given things like this and apparent reading here by CNN. I'm thinking we could get Anderson Cooper to... more » -
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Oops, She Did It Again
Commenter "scarletbegonia" was frighteningly prescient on Friday when she wrote: "Shakespeare is the new Jane Austen of nonsensical comparisons. (I'm talking to you, Maureen Dowd)." And then, two days later, this. [NY Times]

