The following are three of his less partisan articles and their top-voted comment, plucked from Brooks&#x27; most recent articles [1]<p>Communities of Character<p>&quot;Pop sociologist Professor Brooks is at it again....&quot;<p>Tales of the Super Survivors<p>&quot;It certainly does, Lord Brooks...&quot;<p>The Evolution of Simplicity<p>&quot;If only excessive materialism and manifold opportunities were the problem in this country. I think Mr. Brooks tends to project his own affluent angst on society at large...&quot;<p>This is the force, imposed by readers, to homogenize ideologically.  The deluge of criticism is to be expected when a high delta exists between a columnist&#x27;s ideology and their platform&#x27;s.  In an ideological battleground, where vilification trumps truth, I think the burden of assessing quality lies on the reader.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;column&#x2F;david-brooks" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;column&#x2F;david-brooks</a>