{"id":8718,"date":"2013-06-11T11:42:33","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T11:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2013\/06\/11\/the-unmediated-man\/"},"modified":"2013-06-11T11:42:33","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T11:42:33","slug":"the-unmediated-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2013\/06\/11\/the-unmediated-man\/","title":{"rendered":"The Unmediated Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">The overall quality of the Grey Lady&#39;s op-ed pages is piss-poor to be sure, but the rag of record can boast two very good columnists.&#0160; One is Ross Douthat, the other&#0160;David Brooks.&#0160; The latter&#39;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/06\/11\/opinion\/brooks-the-solitary-leaker.html?ref=davidbrooks&amp;_r=0\" target=\"_self\">The Solitary Leaker <\/a>is outstanding and I recommend that you study it.&#0160; Libertarians won&#39;t like it, see below, but I&#39;m not a libertarian.&#0160; 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