I was reading the  Honolulu Star-Advertiser  this morning, and noticed a  farewell column in The New York Times by David Brooks.   He is one of the stars of op-ed ( opposite the editorial page ) news writing, and I'm sad to see him go.  He made a lot of sense.   Of course, there are some others who did not like him.   Chump Lady,  for example.  Here is how she started her column today. Columnist David Brooks says goodbye to his New York Times gig and lectures us all on morality. Which is always rich coming from the guy who left his wife for his much younger research assistant.   Say it isn’t so! David Brooks is leaving his job at the New York Times as finger-wagging moralist,   deli meat snob , and righteous   scold of single mothers . He doesn’t say exactly what his next job is, but you know he’ll be quoting Edmund Burke. The Guardian   had a particularly telling critique, beginning with: The New York Tim...