Conservative NYT Columnist David Brooks Calls for ‘National Civic Uprising’ to Defeat Trumpism

Does kind of feel like a general strike is the only tenable way out. All options, including nothing, will likely suck more - and a strike is really going to suck

“I have seen it over and over: A kid comes on campus as a freshman, inquisitive but unformed. By senior year, there is something impressive about her. She is awakened, cultured, a critical thinker. The universities have performed their magic once again.”

I think the word you're looking for is 'woke'.

Glad David finally came out of his coma.