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David Brooks's Op-Ed column in The New York Times started 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).
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Science offers some help in the everyday as we navigate the currents of this world.
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David Brooks Op-Ed column wonders if Col Muammar el-Qaddafi's unhinged megalomania might be key to his longevity; notes paradoxical fact that, for dictator to succeed, it is better to be narcissistic totalitarian than run-of-the-mill autocrat
March 25, 2011OP-ED COLUMNIST; The Problem With Partners
David Brooks Op-Ed column says military intervention in Libya is reminder of strategic weaknesses that come hand-in-hand with multilateral approach to warfare
March 22, 2011OP-ED COLUMNIST; Social Science Palooza II
David Brooks Op-Ed column considers several studies that seek to understand the dynamics of human connection--the so-called ties that bind
March 18, 2011OP-ED COLUMNIST; The Ike Phase
David Brooks Op-Ed column compares current approach of Pres Obama to leadership style of former Pres Dwight Eisenhower near the end of his presidency
March 15, 2011The Modesty Manifesto
Americans’ tendency toward overconfidence is corroding our citizenship.
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