I have been meaning for a while to comment on the striking liberal fetish for plans, but now I don’t have to since David Brooks has done so far better than I ever would have. Here’s a challenge: try and

This is pretty cool. Nevertheless, it doesn’t move. In future, when I come across some piece of irritating rhetoric from the likes of Glenn Reynolds or David Brooks, rather than attempt to rebut it I will simply link to this…

David Brooks is supposed to be a smart conservative. The man publishes regularly in The Atlantic Monthly. He has a regular column in the New York Times. He’s so smart that he’s decided to address the political philosopher Michael Oakeshott, reportedly…

Mark Kleiman says David Brooks was badly misconstruing Michael Oakshott’s thought in yesterday’s column, which sounds plausible to me, since folks tell me Oakshott was a smart guy. This distinction between technical and practical forms of knowledge, ho…