- The American Idea and Today’s G.O.P. - It is a party that is characterized by resentments and grievances, by distress and dismay, by the belief that America is irredeemably corrupt and past the point of no return." http://nytimes.com/2015/09/25/opinion/david-brooks-the-american-idea-and-todays-gop.html?_r=0&referer= 7 comments politics