Brooks on Kagan

David Brooks writes for The New York Times and he is a sort-of conservative. On the other hand, he is a very interesting observer of the educated elite and that is what he does in this article about Elena Kagan.

Here he talks about a hitherto-unidentified group he calls "the Organization Kids." Essentially he is making a play on William H. Whyte's Organization Man, relating that model to the young.

Brooks says he sees this model in Elena Kagan. It is a compulsive suppression of controversial opinions that might conflict with career progress.

Maybe he's really got something and maybe all he has is the subject for a column, time will tell.