David Brooks: Shifts in the Sumptuary Code
Posted on February 4th, 2009 by GD
“I’ve become increasingly concerned about the rising number of rich people who are being caught unawares by shifts in the sumptuary code,” writes New York Times columnist David Brooks in this Feb. 2 column.
Another favorite of mine is Brooks’s column about a meal he once had at Antoine’s in New Orleans.
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