Why does every David Brooks column title sound like either a western or some kind of soft-core porn or both? Rugged Altruists, Vigorous Virtues, etc.
Talk about this or whatever else you want.
Update. Also too, this will leave a mark:
So I had sort of assumed that 1986-type rhetoric about social decay had gone out of fashion. Never mind. Trends since 1986 don’t matter for those who always have a hot tub time machine in their minds.
Whenever I mention hot tubs, have to link to this.