Op-Ed Columnist: Swords Into Plowshares By DAVID BROOKS, NYTimes

Remember when George Bush used to say he was going to change the tone in Washington? He lied about that. He couldn’t even reach out to Jim Jeffords, a moderate in his own party. He was never going to reach out to Democrats. He is too intellectually insecure. He can’t handle people who disagree with him, so he retreats into the cocoon of the like-minded.