On The DMZ, the topic of salad bar etiquette leads Bill and Matt to discuss David Brooks’s latest column. Does Brooks have a point about respecting authority, or is he just annoyed at sharing the media stage with bloggers? Do we even have real authority figures anymore? And are bloggers too sensitive about their status? Why isn’t America debating drones? Is the end of John King’s and Dylan Ratigan’s TV shows more evidence of the demise of cable news?
Play entire videoWebsite for the Take Back the American Dream conference
David Brooks’s New York Times column, “The Follower Problem”
Radley Balko’s takedown of Brooks
Chris Hayes’s new book, “Twilight of the Elites”
Michelle Malkin and Juan Williams spar on Hannity
Conor Friedersdorf criticizes Andrew Sullivan on drone warfare
Sullivan responds to Friedersdorf
Friedersdorf and Robert Wright discuss drone warfare on Bloggingheads
Matt explains why he voted for Ron Paul
The New York Times article detailing Obama’s “kill list”
Poll showing Americans support using drones for warfare, but not for speeding tickets
Matt and Bill’s previous Bloggingheads segment on cable news
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