adviser – noun

1. One who provides rationales for actions already taken by another.

2. One who guesses what another believes and pronounces this on his behalf to the public.

I have plenty of advisers, but I only listen to one of them—the one I take a shower with every morning. --Donald Rumsfeld

time horizon – noun

A deadline that remains equally as far away as when first set, no matter how much time passes.

USAGE: In the area of security cooperation, the President and the Prime Minister agreed that improving conditions should allow for the agreements now under negotiation to include a general time horizon for meeting aspirational goals.

expert – noun

A person with specialized knowledge about a particular subject that qualifies him to opine about anything and everything.

social networking – noun

1. A method for testing one's popularity and status.

2. A means of keeping in contact with friends without having to interact with them.

gentrification – noun

The ethnic cleansing of a neighborhood through rental pricing.

pro bono – adjective

(Etymology: Latin "for the good.") Law––For the good of one's own reputation.

humility – noun

The inability to articulate one's feelings of superiority over others.

humanitarian intervention – noun

The slaughter of tens of thousands to prevent the slaughter of thousands.

article – noun

A published appeal for an advertisement.

ombudsman – noun

A spokesperson hired by a newspaper to defend its practices against the slanders of its readership.

As a columnist, Mr. Brooks is entitled to his opinions, as readers are entitled to disagree with them. In this specific case, he quite clearly was using this writerly device to indicate his belief that critics of neo-conservatives think all neo-conservatives are Jewish. Thank you for your comments.

analyst – noun

Someone whose resumé bestows a veneer of objectivity to his sales pitches.

Diversion: Earl Scruggs and the Byrds

misspeak – verb

To say something that garners negative publicity and polls poorly.

leadership – noun

The ability to direct credit towards oneself and blame to others.

hope – noun

An idle wish that the future, contrary to the laws of induction, be less wretched than the past and present.