Mr. Brooks opines that we have lost some of "founding fathers" type restraints...and notes the Calvinist Restraint that he feels was a guiding principle in this country. Oh contrare. It appears that Mr. Brooks has been reading some stuff that came out in the backwater report (backwaterreport.com/?p=105) which pits Calvinism economics as the antithesis of socialism and communism.
Mr. Brooks appears smart enough not to quote this claptrap directly but frames his opinions around the central current argument that the current administration is really socialist at its core. Again. Not credible.