With 'don't ask, don't tell' repealed and gays seeking marriage equality, the homosexual bourgeoisie is emerging--a concept subversive to both liberals and conservatives.

Review of Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There, by David Brooks.

The tea party is hostile toward the New Elite, charging that elites are isolated from mainstream America and ignorant about the lives of ordinary Americans. Those allegations have merit.

David Brooks's On Paradise Drive recounts how Americans live in middle-class suburbs.

Excerpts from David Brookslecture onthe theme of his new book, Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There.

In normal times, Northeast Republicans" moderate message can win over districts in suburbia, but the war may knock off a significant number in 2006.

As recently as half a century ago, Americans across all classes showed only minor differences on the Founding virtues. When Americans resisted the idea of being thought part of an upper class or lower class, they were responding to a reality: there really was such a thing as a civic culture that embraced all of them. Today, that is no longer true.