here<\/a>) \u2014 covers much of the same territory as Jeff Foxworthy's \"redneck\" comedy routine. (Foxworthy, of course, was never promoted as a \"sociological journalist.\")<\/p>\nThis observation led Drieux, in comments, to offer some examples of what it might be like to have Foxworthy covering the Brooks beat. \"You might be a public intellectual if \u2026\"<\/p>\n
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