Columnist and author, David Brooks, is no stranger to strong editorial comment. A recent piece in the New York Times calls to account American materialism and sounds the alarm on a deterioration in sound economic values. He is particularly concerned about our national and personal debt. In this provocative column, Brooks calls for a “crusade of economic self-restraint”: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/29/opinion/29brooks.html?hp