Brooks is beneath anyone's notice. What he is pointing at, in his confused and confusing way, is that the meanness is infantile and could only be overcome by s

Brooks is beneath anyone's notice. What he is pointing at, in his confused and confusing way, is that the meanness is infantile and could only be overcome by somehow teaching people to grow up, but it is too late for that -- not too late on the historical clock, but too late in the lives of the individuals who were taught nothing from their first breath.