The Great Escape
Apr 22nd, 2008 at 9:11 am by Susie
It pains me to admit it, but I really liked David Brooks’ column today.
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Sure, look at all the nice stuff about medeval times. Chivalry, poetry, art. And the other stuff too!
Like the Inquisition. Crusades. Pogroms. Famine. Plague. War.
Religion that was in everyone’s lives 24/7.
What’s there for a GOPer not to like?
Oh, you’re going to make me read it, aren’t you?
Don’t bother reading it, it’s a lazy journalist’s way out of having to write a real column.
He’s just paraphrasing someone else’s conclusions, without providing sufficient substance and detail to convey real information.
What exactly were those magical images and symbols?
I don’t doubt the power of those medieval beliefs (and I’ve seen the astronomical/astrological clock in Prague more than once), but Brooksie just mailed that one in.