David Brooks
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David Brooks became a New York Times Op-Ed columnist in September 2003. He has been a senior editor at The Weekly Standard, a contributing editor at Newsweek and the Atlantic Monthly, and he is currently a commentator on "The Newshour with Jim Lehrer." He is the author of "Bobos In Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There" and “On Paradise Drive : How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the Future Tense,” both published by Simon & Schuster. His most recent book is “The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement,” published by Random House in March 2011.
Mr. Brooks joined The Weekly Standard at its inception in September 1995, having worked at The Wall Street Journal for the previous nine years. His last post at the Journal was as op-ed editor. Prior to that, he was posted in Brussels, covering Russia, the Middle East, South Africa and European affairs. His first post at the Journal was as editor of the book review section, and he filled in for five months as the Journal's movie critic.
Mr. Brooks graduated from the University of Chicago in 1983, and worked as a police reporter for the City News Bureau, a wire service owned jointly by the Chicago Tribune and Sun Times.
He is also a frequent analyst on NPR’s "All Things Considered" and the "Diane Rehm Show." His articles have appeared in the The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Forbes, the Washington Post, the TLS, Commentary, The Public Interest and many other magazines. He is editor of the anthology "Backward and Upward: The New Conservative Writing" (Vintage Books).
Columns
Political Infections
Brooks and Collins on conflicting responses to Ebola, the meaning of the midterms and the pleasure of voting for effective crooks.
October 28, 2014, Tuesday
Why Partyism Is Wrong
Political discrimination is more prevalent than you would imagine, and its harmful effects haven’t been fully considered.
October 28, 2014, Tuesday
The Working Nation
There is a clear agenda for job growth that can materially and spiritually reinvigorate America. We just need to be willing to pursue it.
October 24, 2014, Friday
What Would Edmund Burke Say?
Brooks and Collins on revolutionary change, oppositional politics and the electoral future of Elizabeth Warren, Rand Paul and Hillary Clinton.
October 21, 2014, Tuesday
The Quality of Fear
The reaction nationally to Ebola is rooted in weaknesses in our cultural fabric.
October 21, 2014, Tuesday
The Case for Low Ideals
The idealism of President Obama’s 2008 campaign seems foolish now. But idealism, a different kind, still has a place in American politics.
October 17, 2014, Friday
Independents' Day
Brooks and Collins on unusual campaign developments in Kansas and South Dakota.
October 14, 2014, Tuesday
The Sorting Election
American society is self-segregating, and it’s showing up everywhere — including in next month’s midterm elections.
October 14, 2014, Tuesday
Money Matters Less
Remember all the talk about how Citizens United would give Republicans a spending advantage forevermore? That hasn’t happened.
October 10, 2014, Friday
The Peculiar Art of the Washington Memoir
Brooks and Collins on recent works by Hillary Clinton, Leon Panetta and Bob Gates.
October 7, 2014, Tuesday
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Audio: David Brooks With Mark Shields on 'NewsHour' (pbs.org)
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