CAT Tracks for January 25, 2014 THE EDUCATION OF DAVID BROOKS

David Brooks is a conservative columnist with whom I oft disagree...

There was that one time that he particularly raised my ire. I don't actually remember the topic, but I remember my snarky, easy, headline take-off on his last name: "Babbling Brooks".

That said, David is a conservative columnist with a sense of humor...

...who engages in regular "debates" with my favorite liberal columnist, Gail Collins.

As such, I have come to appreciate and respect David's views. He seems very reasoned and sincere in his beliefs and is not the bigoted, frothing at the mouth Glenn Beck-Rush Limbaugh type.

I'll let Diane take it from here...