Springsteen's Appeal - NYTimes.com David Brooks's June 26 column, "The Power of the Particular," makes an interesting point about the attraction of Bruce Springsteen's New Jersey "paracosms" to people all over the world. However, Mr. Brooks doesn't address the point of Mr. Springsteen's new album, "Wrecking Ball," and this tour. Mr. Springsteen is angry, very angry, about the roots of the economic crisis in our country, and that anger is mixed with a powerful message of hope for everyone, including unemployed Spaniards, Germans who resent the power trips of their bankers, and Britons and the Irish, who are suffering the greed of their own bankers and the austerity policies of their governments. Anger and hope are two deep forces that are at the heart of Mr. Springsteen's music. He may have started in the towns of the Jersey Shore, but he has moved beyond that world into a more universal one that encourages millions of fans to believe in the hope that will save them. The writer is co-founder and executive director of WhyHunger. Mr. Springsteen is a founding member of its Artists Against Hunger & Poverty campaign.