on bobos: this is a little harsh though

[queenzhu]

Phonies in Paradise
By Robert Locke
FrontPageMagazine.com | March 19, 2001

A Review of David Brooks' Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There.

EVERY POSTWAR American decade has produced its quintessential work of social criticism. The 50's had William Whyte's The Organization Man, the 60's Marshall MacLuhan's Understanding Media

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Good Review

[trufflesniffer]

In the UK, bobos are known as Guardian Readers.

It's interesting that it's the rich states who tend to vote Democrat, and the poorer states which tend to vote Republican. I guess that's a bobo phenomenom.

[piggywiggy]

this is great! i'm getting the book from b&n today!

[lesorciere]

Interesting. :)