Obamacare and the First Freedom

Published July 1, 2012 4:00am ET



For as long as I have read op-eds, there has been a shortlist of pundits I’ve felt obliged to read in order to know what the Manhattan-Beltway political elites are thinking and debating.

On that list is the New York Times’ David Brooks and — a relatively new addition, at least on my form — Ross Douthat, also of the Times.

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