The politics of selfishness
David Brooks is right: Special interests paralyze Washington. But he lionizes those who fixed the game for the rich
Friday, May 6, 2011 7:07 PM UTC 101Politics David Brooks, Economics
David Brooks
Politics David Brooks, Economics
David Brooks’ dream world for the trust-fund set
His buzzed-up new fiction/science amalgam had me leaping to my feet -- to yell, "Die, yuppie scum, die!"
Friday, Mar 4, 2011 8:39 PM UTC 99Entertainment David Brooks, Books
David Brooks’ bias toward elite values
Too often, the New York Times columnist is unwilling to explore the very real implications of economic policy
Friday, Feb 18, 2011 3:01 PM UTC 29Politics Media Criticism, War Room
Sunday morning round-up: George Will defends Obama?
The conservative commentator criticizes the "bifurcated" logic of Republicans who say Obama is blowing it on Egypt
Sunday, Feb 13, 2011 6:14 PM UTC 13Politics Media Criticism, War Room, ABC, CBS
David Brooks: Joe Lieberman was the best unprincipled troll senator ever
The Times columnist argues that liberals are all wrong about the unloved independent senator
Friday, Jan 21, 2011 5:35 PM UTC 25Politics Joe Lieberman, War Room
Barack Obama’s favorite columnists are awful
The president reads Thomas Friedman, David Brooks, and other out-of-touch old white guys
Tuesday, Oct 26, 2010 3:20 PM UTC 134Politics Barack Obama, Media Criticism
David Brooks gets the Tea Party effect wrong
It's possible for Republicans to win big this year even as the Tea Party drags them down
Friday, Sep 17, 2010 5:15 PM UTC 28Politics 2010 Elections, War Room
The myth that Americans are going soft
David Brooks and Thomas Friedman claim we're losing our place in the world because Americans don't like hard work
Friday, Sep 17, 2010 2:01 PM UTC 78Politics U.S. Economy, War Room
Explaining David Brooks’ “moral materialism”
A reader scolds: Acquiring "stuff" is OK -- as long as the social cost is bearable
Thursday, Apr 8, 2010 1:40 PM UTC 22Politics Apple, How the World Works
David Brooks couldn’t be happier!
Forget about unemployment, war, and global warming. America's got "Mad Men" and the iPad, so we're cool
Tuesday, Apr 6, 2010 11:27 PM UTC 57Politics Apple, How the World Works
Who died and made David Brooks king?
The pundit heaps scorn on the Tea Party rubes he has to share a party with, and not even for the right reasons
Friday, Mar 5, 2010 12:06 PM UTC 37Politics Tea Parties, War Room
Denying responsibility for the wars one cheers on
The NYT columnist who has supported four wars on Muslims in six years decries the Islamic disregard for human life
Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009 12:11 PM UTC 493Politics Washington, D.C., David Brooks
“What journalists are supposed to do”
David Brooks passes on the claims of his invisible friends and insists this is the crux of journalistic virtue.
Friday, Oct 30, 2009 11:31 AM UTC 280Politics Washington, D.C., David Brooks
Krugman weighs in on Brooks: “Reagan did it”
America's love affair with debt really got going in 1980, writes the Times columnist. So it's the Gipper's fault
Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009 2:14 PM UTC 34Politics U.S. Economy
The decline and fall of David Brooks
American moral corruption has saddled us with unsustainable debt, says the New York Times columnist. Uh, no
Tuesday, Sep 29, 2009 4:19 PM UTC 51Politics How the World Works
David Brooks: our nation’s premier expert warrior
The NYT columnist's shameful war record should discredit him for life. Why does the opposite happen?
Friday, Sep 25, 2009 11:26 AM UTC 378Politics Iraq, Middle East
Conservative columnist Brooks: Jindal speech “disaster” for GOP
David Brooks likes the Louisiana governor, and opposes the stimulus, but he says the Republican response to Obama's address was "insane."
Wednesday, Feb 25, 2009 5:15 PM UTC 42Politics War Room, Bobby Jindal
Obama dines with Will, Kristol, Brooks
The president-elect had dinner with the three conservative pundits Tuesday night -- there's speculation Rush Limbaugh was invited as well.
Wednesday, Jan 14, 2009 2:30 AM UTC 36Politics Rush Limbaugh, Barack Obama
Quote of the day
David Brooks sees a dark future ahead for some supporters of Barack Obama.
Tuesday, Feb 19, 2008 9:43 PM UTC 71Politics 2008 Elections, War Room
How to win in Iraq: Arm everybody!
If you support every side in a multiethnic civil war, you can't help coming out a winner.
Tuesday, Sep 4, 2007 8:52 PM UTC 23Politics Iraq, Middle East, David Brooks
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