MATT WELCH: David Brooks Surveys Economic Wreckage, Redoubles Patriotic Battle Against the “surge in vehement libertarianism.” Sorry, but whatever’s wrong with this country doesn’t stem from a surplus of libertarianism . . . .

And if we face a “devastating crisis of authority,” it’s because the many authority figures Brooks has been sucking up to haven’t been up to the job.

UPDATE: A reader emails: “So David Brooks is worried that libertarians are going to take over and……leave him alone?” Yeah. Where’s the percentage in sucking up to people like that?