Best essays of '05

Here is David Brooks's list of Hookie Laureates. "Named after the great public intellectual Sidney Hook, they go to the authors of some of the most important essays written in 2004."

Find the list at http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/25/opinion/25brooks.html.

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