David Brooks
David Brooks has been a columnist with The New York Times since 2003. He is the author of “The Road to Character” and, most recently, “The Second Mountain.”
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ap: Why people are fleeing blue cities for red states
Population growth in Republican-led states is due mostly to low taxes. So, can we tell a simple story here: Republican policies work, Democratic policies don’t? Well, not quite.

David Brooks: Kamala Harris knows how to win elections
Back in February it seemed as if we were about to have one of the most ideologically polarized elections in American history. President Donald Trump was rushing ahead with his...

Brooks: I stand with the conservative radicals — leaders who will push for big change, defeat illiberal extremes
I’m convinced that the forces that brought Joe Biden the nomination are far more powerful than a few extremists in Portland and even the leftist illiberals on campus. I’m hopeful...

Brooks: Two cheers for liberalism! (or maybe one and a half)
I am a liberal in a classical Enlightenment sense, but I can’t give three cheers for liberalism, or maybe even two. I understand why so many, and so many younger...

Brooks: The first invasion of America
We’ve had threats before, a few foreign incursions like in 1812, even pandemics when America was less just than it is today. But we’ve never had them smack in the...

Brooks: Biden’s rise gives the establishment one last chance
I don’t know about you, but the election results this week filled me with more hope than I’ve felt in years. It felt like somebody turning down the volume.

Brooks: Why Sanders will probably win the nomination
When you’re inside the Sanders myth, you see the world through the Bernie lens.

Brooks: This is how Scandinavia got great
Almost everybody admires the Nordic model. What really launched the Nordic nations was generations of phenomenal educational policy.

Brooks: How Trump wins again
Trump has cleverly reframed the election. I can see why Nancy Pelosi ripped up his State of the Union speech. It was the most effective speech of the Trump presidency.

Brooks: The future of American politics
Men and women are primarily motivated by self-interest. No other partial truth has done as much damage as this one.