Yes, by virtue of his New York Times column and his occasional PBS appearances, David Brooks has been qualified to teach something. And -- get this -- it is a class in HUMILITY. Which will be taught to the children of the 1% at Yale. Everything about this begs to be made fun of.
Also the Law School, home of various people named Posner and their charming law-and-econ chums. Someday maybe someone will give the College a $100 million endowment so it can lob snowballs with rocks in them at the Milton Friedman and Gary Becker Center for Insatiable Carnivorous Rapacity. <br /><br />Either way, Yale loses.
To be fair to David the Serious Clown, if there&#039;s one group of people on this planet that might actually be able to learn <em>anything</em> about humility from him, it may just be found among the student body at Yale.
He&#039;ll have to write a book on his experiences, like William F. Buckley&#039;s <i>God and Upper White Class People at Yale.</i>
Also the Law School, home of various people named Posner and their charming law-and-econ chums. Someday maybe someone will give the College a $100 million endowment so it can lob snowballs with rocks in them at the Milton Friedman and Gary Becker Center for Insatiable Carnivorous Rapacity. <br /><br />Either way, Yale loses.
To be fair to David the Serious Clown, if there&#039;s one group of people on this planet that might actually be able to learn <em>anything</em> about humility from him, it may just be found among the student body at Yale.
At least Hahvahd didn&#039;t see fit to have Her Nooningtonness teach Brevity.
You don&#039;t need it up there among the 1%
He&#039;ll have to write a book on his experiences, like William F. Buckley&#039;s <i>God and Upper White Class People at Yale.</i>
You&#039;re confusing Yale with that midwestern intellectual place, whatsitcalled, the Milton Friedman Institute of Unbridled Greed.
Humility and David Brooks that does not involve a whip and branding iron applied to Brooks is not that interesting.