https://www.nytimes.com/column/david-brooks en-us Copyright 2025 The New York Times Company Thu, 02 Jan 2025 02:44:29 +0000 Sat, 28 Dec 2024 03:15:41 +0000 https://static01.nyt.com/images/misc/NYT_logo_rss_250x40.png https://www.nytimes.com/column/david-brooks https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/opinion/sidney-awards.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/opinion/sidney-awards.html A revelatory portrait, an “American Vulcan,” a sober take on DOGE and more. David Brooks Fri, 27 Dec 2024 19:20:16 +0000 Two Thousand Twenty Four Magazines The Sidney Awards London Review of Books Tablet Magazine Harper's Magazine American Affairs (Journal) Trump, Donald J https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/opinion/faith-god-christianity.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/opinion/faith-god-christianity.html The word “faith” implies the possession of something, whereas I experience faith as a yearning for something beautiful that I can sense but not fully grasp. David Brooks Fri, 20 Dec 2024 23:16:29 +0000 Religion and Belief Jews and Judaism Torah Christians and Christianity Bible Jesus Christ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/opinion/trump-values-maga-cabinet.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/opinion/trump-values-maga-cabinet.html Trumpism represents an alternative value system. The people I regard as upright and admirable MAGA regards as morally disgraceful. David Brooks Mon, 02 Dec 2024 16:36:26 +0000 United States Politics and Government Conservatism (US Politics) Right-Wing Extremism and Alt-Right Presidential Election of 2024 Ethics (Personal) Polls and Public Opinion Trump, Donald J Republican Party https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/opinion/identity-groups-politics.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/opinion/identity-groups-politics.html It turns out a lot of people don’t behave like ambassadors from this or that group. They think for themselves in unexpected ways. David Brooks Fri, 15 Nov 2024 18:21:26 +0000 Presidential Election of 2024 Race and Ethnicity Gender Voting and Voters Polls and Public Opinion Democratic Party Republican Party Trump, Donald J Biden, Joseph R Jr Harris, Kamala D United States Politics and Government https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/06/opinion/trump-elites-working-class.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/06/opinion/trump-elites-working-class.html Donald Trump is a monstrous narcissist, but there’s something off about an educated class that looks in the mirror of society and sees only itself. David Brooks Thu, 07 Nov 2024 19:20:26 +0000 Presidential Election of 2024 Colleges and Universities Income Inequality Education United States Politics and Government Harris, Kamala D Trump, Donald J Democratic Party Republican Party elites https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/05/opinion/kamala-harris-donald-trump-election.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/05/opinion/kamala-harris-donald-trump-election.html Who will win the presidency, House and Senate? What is the election about? And what happens next for America? David Brooks, Ross Douthat, Michelle Goldberg and Tressie McMillan Cottom Tue, 05 Nov 2024 22:41:22 +0000 Presidential Election of 2024 Harris, Kamala D Trump, Donald J United States Economy Abortion Authoritarianism (Theory and Philosophy) Illegal Immigration Women and Girls Polls and Public Opinion Biden, Joseph R Jr Vance, J D https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/24/opinion/polarization-harris-change.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/24/opinion/polarization-harris-change.html When we all think we’re right, we stay perennially stuck in place. David Brooks Fri, 25 Oct 2024 14:51:02 +0000 United States Politics and Government Presidential Election of 2024 Books and Literature Lears, Jackson Rebirth of a Nation: The Making of Modern America, 18771920 (Book) https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/17/opinion/harris-trump-close-race.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/17/opinion/harris-trump-close-race.html After huge shifts in the electorate, it’s baffling that the two parties are still almost exactly evenly matched. David Brooks Thu, 17 Oct 2024 23:00:09 +0000 United States Politics and Government Presidential Election of 2024 Polls and Public Opinion Democratic Party Republican Party Harris, Kamala D Biden, Joseph R Jr Trump, Donald J https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/10/opinion/kamala-harris-election-attention.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/10/opinion/kamala-harris-election-attention.html Some tips from novelists and screenwriters on how to keep audiences’ attention. David Brooks Thu, 10 Oct 2024 23:00:08 +0000 United States Politics and Government Presidential Election of 2024 Polls and Public Opinion Books and Literature Writing and Writers Harris, Kamala D Trump, Donald J https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/03/opinion/industry-policy-manufacturing.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/03/opinion/industry-policy-manufacturing.html The question is not whether to do industrial policy but how. David Brooks Mon, 07 Oct 2024 22:00:57 +0000 United States Economy Factories and Manufacturing Infrastructure (Public Works) Biden, Joseph R Jr Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 Labor and Jobs Income Inequality Computers and the Internet Regulation and Deregulation of Industry United States Politics and Government International Trade and World Market